Moving Robe Woman (Tȟašína Máni) — The Hunkpapa Lakota Woman Who Rode Into The Battle Of Little Bighorn After Learning Her Brother Had Been Killed

RED CLOUD AND THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE

To understand the Little Bighorn, it helps to understand the political landscape of the Lakota nation in the 1870s — and particularly the divide between those who had tried accommodation with the United States and those who had maintained their freedom.

Red Cloud — Maȟpíya Lúta — was the most famous of the Lakota leaders who had tried to work within the American political system.

After leading the fight that forced the U.S.