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Elwood Alfred Towner (c. 1897 – October 6, 1954), [1] [2] who also adopted the title of Chief Red Cloud, was an American attorney, tribal advocate, and antisemitic speaker. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A mixed-race Native American Hupa [ 5 ] from Portland, Oregon , [ 3 ] Towner was active as a speaker during the late 1930s, making speeches throughout the ...
Oliver Red Cloud (1919–2013) [21] (son of Charles Red Cloud), leader of the Oglala Lakota (1979–2013). [22] He was a fourth-generation direct descendant of Red Cloud. He was a Speaker of the traditional Lakota Sioux Nation and a chairman of the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council.
He informed the sculptor, "My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know that the red man has great heroes, too." [ 11 ] Standing Bear also wrote a letter to Undersecretary Oscar Chapman of the Department of the Interior , offering all his own fertile 900 acres (365 ha) in exchange for the barren mountain for the purpose of paying ...
Killing Crazy Horse focuses on the American frontier during the 1800s and the clashes between settlers and Native Americans. O'Reilly and Dugard tell the story of American expansion out West through Native American warriors such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph, Cochise, Black Hawk and Red Cloud; U.S. Presidents Andrew Jackson and Ulysses S. Grant; and General George Armstrong Custer ...
Kicking Bear (Oglala), chief of the Miniconjou Lakota Sioux tribe. Eddie Little Sky, actor. Little Wound (Taópi Čík'ala: 1835–1899, Oglala). Chief Long Wolf (1833–1892), warrior of Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Sioux Wars. Old Chief Smoke (Šóta; 1774–1864), an early Oglala chief and Shirt Wearer; Chief Red Cloud (1822–1909 ...
In 1860, Lieutenant Henry E. Maynadier, who later became the commandant at Fort Laramie, recognized Red Cloud as one of Old Chief Smoke's sons, a Wagluhe. Yet, in reality, whenever the Oglalas were seriously threatened, Red Cloud would become the de facto chief of the Ite Sica (Bad Faces). [8]
Spotted Elk (Lakota: Uŋpȟáŋ Glešká, sometimes spelled OH-PONG-GE-LE-SKAH or Hupah Glešká: c. 1826 – () December 29, 1890), was a chief of the Miniconjou, Lakota Sioux. He was a son of Miniconjou chief Lone Horn and became a chief upon his father's death. He was a highly renowned chief with skills in war and negotiations.
Oliver Red Cloud (November 30, 1919 – July 4, 2013) was a chief of the Oglala Sioux. Oliver Red Cloud is a direct descendant of Chief Red Cloud. He was the spiritual leader of the tribe for many years and very active in tribal affairs as well as the annual pow wow. He worked hard to instill spiritual values and rituals.