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An Indian Prayer

O' Great Spirit
Whose voice I hear in the winds
And whose breath gives life to all the world
Hear me! I am small and weak, I need your
strength and wisdom

Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes
ever behold the red and purple sunset

Make my hands respect the things you have
made and my ears sharp to hear your voice

Make me wise so that I may understand the
things you have taught my people

Let me learn the lessons you have hidden
in every leaf and rock

I seek strength, not to be greater than my
brother, but to fight my greatest enemy-myself

Make me always ready to come to you with
clean hands and straight eyes

So when life fades, as the fading sunset
my spirit may come to you
without shame

This prayer is from the Sioux Indian children of Red Cloud Indian School
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Red Cloud (Lakota: Makhpiya Luta), (1822 – December 10, 1909) was a war leader of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux). One of the most capable Native American opponents the U. S. military ever faced, he led a successful conflict in 1866–1868 known as Red Cloud's War over control of the Powder River Country in northwestern Wyoming and southern Montana. Later, he led his people in reservation life.

Red Cloud was born close to the forks of the Platte River by the modern-day city of North Platte, Nebraska. His mother was an Oglala and his father was a Brulé. Red Cloud was partly raised by his maternal uncle, Chief Smoke. At a young age, he fought against neighboring Pawnee and Crow, gaining much military experience.

This organization is in NJ
https://beccas-corner.tripod.com/id22.html


LOOK close, can you see the "ghost" images?
The Treaty of 1868

Uneasy relations between the expanding United States and the natives continued. In 1871, Red Cloud visited Washington D.C., and met with Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ely S. Parker and President Ulysses Grant. In 1871, the Red Cloud Agency was established on the Platte River, downstream from Fort Laramie. As outlined in the Treaty of 1868, the agency staff were responsible for issuing rations to the Lakota weekly as well as providing the annual annuity goods. In the fall of 1873, the agency was removed to the upper White River in northwestern Nebraska.
The Great Sioux War of 1876-77

Red Cloud settled at the agency with his band by the fall of 1873. He soon became embroiled in a controversy with the new Indian agent, Dr. John J. Saville.

In 1874, General George Armstrong Custer led a reconnaissance mission into Sioux territory that reported gold in the Black Hills, a sacred area to the Indians. Formally, the Army tried to keep miners out but did not succeed; the threat of violence grew. Red Cloud, along with other leaders, rejected a treaty ceding the territory; he was unsuccessful in finding a peaceful solution, and did not take part in the Lakota war of 1876-1877 led by T‘ašunka Witko (Crazy Horse) and Tatanka Iyotake (Sitting Bull).

In the fall of 1877, the Red Cloud Agency was removed to the Missouri River and the following year, removed to the forks of the White River where it was renamed the Pine Ridge Reservation.

His last days
Red Cloud's grave at the Red Cloud Indian School
Red Cloud's grave at the Red Cloud Indian School

Red Cloud continued fighting for his people, even after being forced onto the reservation. In 1889 he opposed a treaty to sell more of the Sioux land; his steadfastness and that of Sitting Bull required the government agents to obtain the necessary signatures through subterfuges such as obtaining the signatures of children. He negotiated strongly with Indian agents such as Dr. Valentine McGillycuddy, and opposed the Dawes Act.

Red Cloud became an important leader of the Lakota as they transitioned from the freedom of the plains to the confinement of the reservation system. He outlived the other major Sioux leaders of the Indian wars and died in 1909 at the age of 87 on the Pine Ridge Reservation, where he is buried.

He was never part of the Ghost Dance movement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Cloud