Red Cloud was a Sioux statesman and war leader of the Oglala Lakota. He was a leader in the Sioux Wars against the United States, leading a successful campaign in 1868 that forced the US to sign the Treaty of Fort Laramie. Red Cloud was a prominent figure in the Sioux resistance to the US government's attempts to force them onto reservations. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Red Cloud on love, fantasy football, one crossword.
I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love. — Red Cloud
We were told that they wished merely to pass through our country. . . to seek for gold in the far west . . . Yet before the ashes of the council are cold, the Great Father is building his forts among us. . . . His presence here is . . . an insult to the spirits of our ancestors. Are we then to give up their sacred graves to be allowed for corn? — Red Cloud
I hope the Great Heavenly Father, who will look down upon us, will give all the tribes his blessing, that we may go forth in peace, and live in peace all our days, and that He will look down upon our children and finally lift us far above this earth. — Red Cloud
Look at me. I was a warrior on this land where the sun rises, now I come from where the sun sets. Whose voice was first surrounded on this land - the red people with bows and arrows. The Great Father says he is good and kind to us. I can't see it. — Red Cloud
We do not want riches, we want peace and love. — Red Cloud
The Great Spirit will not make me suffer because I am ignorant. He will put me in a place where I shall be better off than in this world. — Red Cloud
You whites make all the ammunition. — Red Cloud
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it. — Red Cloud
When I was a young man, I was poor. In a war with other nations, I was in eighty-seven fights. There I received my name and was made Chief of my nation. But now I am old and am for peace. — Red Cloud
The whites, who are educated and civilized, swindle me, and I am not hard to swindle because I do not know how to read and write. — Red Cloud
The white man has got the gold out of the land which belonged to the red man. — Red Cloud
The whites are the same everywhere. I see them every day. — Red Cloud
Life Lessons by Red Cloud
Red Cloud taught us that the strength of a nation is in its unity, and that unity can be achieved through peaceful negotiations and compromise.
He also showed that it is important to be open to change and to adapt to the changing times in order to survive.
Finally, Red Cloud demonstrated that it is possible to be a leader and a diplomat, and that a leader can be successful in advocating for the rights of their people.
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