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Oglala Lakota leader, Red Cloud died Dec 10

On December 10, 1909, Oglala Lakota leader, Red Cloud, Maȟpíya Lúta, died on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.

The Oglala were the largest division of the Sioux Nation, and Red Cloud became perhaps the most important field commander among the Sioux and Cheyenne. He was strongly opposed to the westward expansion of the whites and believed it was his mission to defend the Indians’ last and best hunting grounds. 
Red Cloud : Aktá Lakota Museum & Cultural Center

Red Cloud portrait 

Red Cloud
Part of the Great Americans series
Issued by the US post office in 1987
Designer: Robert Alexander Anderson

Red Cloud | American Experience | Official Site | PBS