Nadia Higgins

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

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.; Explains Red Cloud's War, including its chronology, causes, and lasting effects--; Provided by publisher.; Grades 4-6. Publisher Marketing: 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? Review Citations: School Library Journal 04/01/2015 pg. 110 (EAN 9781491420355, Library Binding)