USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the principal chief of the Oglala Teton Dakota (Sioux) who successfully resisted the U.S. government’s development of the Bozeman Trail?
A
Chief Joseph
B
Red Cloud
C
Sitting Bull
D
Tecumseh
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1865–67 the Oglala chief Red Cloud led thousands of Sioux warriors in a campaign to halt construction of the Bozeman Trail.

Detailed explanation-2: -A political leader and a fierce warrior, Red Cloud, chief of the Oglala Sioux, fought unsuccessfully to save his people and their land from being seized by whites. Born in 1822 in what was then Nebraska Territory, Red Cloud was named Mahpiua-Luta at birth.

Detailed explanation-3: -War chief and leader of the Oglala branch of the Teton Sioux, Red Cloud was born in present-day, north-central Nebraska near the forks of the Platte River. He was the first American Indian in the West to win a war against the United States. He was also the last.

Detailed explanation-4: -The current President of the Oglala Sioux, the majority tribe of the Lakota located primarily on the Pine Ridge reservation, is Kevin Killer. The President of the Sičháŋǧu Lakota at the Rosebud reservation is Rodney M. Bordeaux.

Detailed explanation-5: -Red Cloud (1822 – December 10, 1909) was one of the most important leaders of the Oglala Lakota. He led from 1868 to 1909.

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