The Lakota Leader Who Forced The U.S. Army To Abandon Its Forts — And Won A War Most Americans Never Learned About
Red Cloud’s signature on the 1868 treaty created obligations that are still legally operative.
The land he fought for is still contested in the courts.
The principles he argued for — that treaty commitments are binding, that Indigenous territorial rights are real and enforceable — are still being argued and litigated.
He watched the forts burn.
He signed the treaty.
The fight didn’t end there.
It hasn’t ended yet.
The Question the History Forces
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