“I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.”

About Red Cloud

Statesman • American (Lakota)

Red Cloud was a prominent leader of the Oglala Lakota who led a successful campaign against the United States from 1866 to 1868, known as Red Cloud's War. His resistance resulted in the Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868,...