Defending the Land: Causes and Effects of Red Cloud's War

By Nadia Higgins

Lakota chief Red Cloud gathered an army of warriors across three tribes in the Great Plains. In the late 1860s he led his forces to victory in the only successful American Indian war in the West against the United States. It resulted in a treaty to protect Lakota land and their way of life. But the U.S. government would break the treaty many times. How would it affect their lives and change the United States?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: May 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781496664730

Nadia Higgins

Nadia Higgins is the author of 50-plus books for the school library market. She also worked as an editor in the industry for almost ten years. Many of her books have a science bent, though she's also written about pop stars, car art, and zombies. Nadia lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two young daughters.

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Cause and Effect: American Indian History: Defending the Land by Nadia Higgins

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER

TITLE PAGE

FAMOUS LAKOTA WARRIOR

WHAT CAUSED RED CLOUD’S WAR?

STRATEGY AND SURPRISE

WHAT EFFECTS DID RED CLOUD’S WAR HAVE?

TIMELINE

GLOSSARY

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CRITICAL THINKING USING THE COMMON CORE

INDEX

COPYRIGHT

BACK COVER

FAMOUS LAKOTA WARRIOR

Red Cloud is a name that has largely been lost to history. But in the late 1800s, that famous name sparked admiration among American Indians and whites alike. Lakota chief Red Cloud once controlled an area of the Great Plains that was twice the size of Texas.

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Red Cloud, Lakota warrior and statesman

Red Cloud saw his empire slowly chipped away by white settlers. In 1866 U.S. forces came to open a road through his best hunting grounds. That was the last straw.

For two years Red Cloud led a war on civilians and soldiers in Wyoming. He gathered an army of Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors. Red Cloud didn’t have the firepower to match his enemy. So he made up for it with planning and strategy. For