Oglala Lakota Tribe Research Paper

I am a chief of the Oglala Lakota tribe. Known the best for my success in confrontations with the U.S. government. Born in Nebraska in 1822I led as a chief from 1868 to 1909. I am one of the most capable Native American opponents the United States Army faced; I led a successful campaign in 1866 to 1868 known as Red Cloud's War over control of the Powder River Country in northeastern Wyoming and southern Montana. My parents named me after an unusual weather event. My mother, Walks as She Thinks, was a member of the Oglala Sioux and my father, Lone Man, was Brule Sioux. When I was around 5 years old, I lost my father. Following my father's death, my mother’s uncle, an Oglala Sioux leader named Smoke, raised me. At a young age, I sought to distinguish …show more content…
I was instrumental in organizing resistance to white expansion into his people's territory. I refused to sign several treaties with the U.S. government and even stormed out of negotiations held at Fort Laramie in Wyoming in 1866. Fort Laramie was on what was known as the Bozeman Trail, which was developed by John Bozeman as a shortcut to the Oregon Trail and the gold rich lands in what is now Montana. At the time the 1866 meeting was held, the U.S. government was building new forts along the trail north of Fort Laramie. This expansion enraged me that managed to unite several different Native American groups to drive away the soldiers from Fort Phil Kearny. When the U.S. government sent in reinforcements, my warriors and I showed them just how powerful they were. On December 21, 1866, Captain William Judd Fetterman led of party of 80 soldiers to eliminate their Native American problem. More than 1,000 warriors who rose up against them quickly slaughtered us. This incident became known as the Fetterman massacre. By the spring of 1868, I finally forced the white man's hand my continued assault on those who ventured into my