Red Cloud's speech, delivered in 1870, aimed to articulate the grievances and struggles of the Lakota Sioux people against U.S. government policies and encroachments on their lands. He sought to highlight the impact of broken treaties and the loss of traditional territories, advocating for the rights and sovereignty of Native American nations. The speech served as a powerful call for justice and recognition of Indigenous rights during a time of significant upheaval and conflict.
When Sioux Chief Red Cloud visited Washington DC in 1870, the Secretary of the Interior was Jacob Cox. Red Cloud's first speech in Washington was to Cox and the Department of the Interior. In that speech, Red Cloud criticized the way the department was handling Indian affairs.
Sioux Chief Red Cloud and candidate for president Abraham Lincoln both gave speeches at Cooper Union in New York City. Lincoln gave his speech there in 1860, and Red Cloud gave his speech in 1870.
purpose of a commemorative speech
Red Cloud and his tribe got food from Red Cloud (Nuage Rouge), in Montreal.
Red Cloud was Oglala Sioux (Lakota.)
Red Thunder Cloud died in 1996.
Red Thunder Cloud was born in 1919.
Cloud cover is a noun. "Expect lots of cloud cover today."
Red cloud lived to be 87 years old
Red Cloud was a leader of the Oglala Sioux (Lakota.)
There is a purpose for every speech other wise it would have not been wrote.
Makhpiyaluta is the name for a red cloud. I'm only 11 and even I can answer that!