Red Cloud : a Lakota story of war and surrender / by S.D. Nelson.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 56 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781419723131
- 1419723138
- Lakota story of war and surrender
- Red Cloud, 1822-1909 -- Juvenile literature
- Oglala Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Lakota Indians -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Red Cloud's War, 1866-1867 -- Juvenile literature
- Indians of North America -- Government relations -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An illuminating picture book biography of the Lakota warrior and chief Red Cloud, from award-winning author and illustrator S. D. Nelson.
Red Cloud (1822-1909) was a great warrior and chief of the Lakota. Told from his perspective, Red Cloud: A Lakota Story of War and Surrender describes the events that brought him to prominence as a leader of his people and how he came to surrender them to the wasichus (White Man), ending their way of life on the Great Plains.
From the intrusion of white settlers into Lakota territory, to the treaties signed with the US government, and to the many subsequent battles, Red Cloud explains how the Lakota became the only nation to win a war against the US Army on American soil. However, unlike fellow warriors Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, Red Cloud eventually came to accept the inevitable advance of white civilization. He submitted to change and moved his followers onto a reservation. The story concludes with Red Cloud's trip to the East Coast, where he visited New York City and met President Ulysses S. Grant.
Award-winning author and member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe S. D. Nelson reinterprets the 19th-century Lakota ledger-art style to give authenticity to the story as he brings to light one of the most controversial members of the Lakota tribe, Red Cloud. Backmatter includes a timeline.
Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-55) and index.
A leader among the Lakota during the 1860s, Chief Red Cloud deeply opposed white expansion into Native American territory. He rejected treaties from the United States government and instead united the warriors of the Lakota and nearby tribes, becoming the only Native American to win a war against the U.S. Army. Despite his military successes, Red Cloud recognized that continued conflict would only bring destruction to his people. He made the controversial decision to make an agreement with the U.S. government, and moved his people to a reservation. The effects of his decision -- as well as the conflicts that arose from those who rejected the agreement and continued fighting against white expansion, such as Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull -- shaped much of the history of Native American relations with the U.S. in years to come. Includes archival images as well as original illustrations.
Ages 8-12.