Native Voices: Red Cloud

A new series that will focus on the words of American Indians. Chief Red Cloud is our first voice.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Native
• American
• US
• history
• red
• cloud
• west
• sioux
• chief

[dragonusn]

On July 23, 1980, in United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Black Hills were illegally taken and that remuneration of the initial offering price plus interest — nearly $106 million — be paid. The Lakota refused the settlement, as they wanted the return of the Black Hills instead. The money remains in an interest-bearing account which now amounts to over $757 million, and in spite of their poverty the Lakota still refuse to take the money.

[zacuan]

The Lakota refuse the money because a) the 106 million dollar price tag is reflective of 19th century land values, and b) they value their freedom more than money. If they sell, they lose the land forever. This attempt at buying out the Lakota is just a dishonest way of the U.S. trying not to pay billions of dollars in reparations as well as denying the Lakota their national sovereignty, something guaranteed them by the constitution.

[dragonusn]

Exactly. The Native Alaskans got a better deal.

Man- what ever happened to our brothers and A.I.M.? There was some serious ass kickin happenin in the 70's.

[zacuan]

Those men and women were very brave, but just as the Lakota spirit was strained at the massacre of Wounded Knee, the FBI murdered and harassed them until the movement subsided. One day a new generation of leaders will stand up against this country again, and when they do, they'll have brothers and sisters all over the continent ready to support them. The U.S. will not get away with that kind of criminal behavior again.

[Thunderlizard2]

ozelome/pancho27...and your real world names are...what? Just so it's all clear, you are the ones making the threats on Youtube. Nice of you two cowards to "invite" me to come to you. Post your REAL names with your threats, not crap like "if u ever come to Ogallala", "come to us", yack yack, etc...

I've fed you two trolls enough. Go starve under your bridge together already.

[Thunderlizard2]

panchov27...you are already dead. The words you type are those of a soulless corpse screaming at the warm and living from a cold little hell which might've once been called a "life".

Pitiful...

[TruthSurge]

any way you slice it, the American Indians got shafted by the Europeans. Damn shame. Greedy, heartless bastards. They come to a land and see nothing but gain and because they had weapons of war (being the more despicable bunch) they were able to bully them and kill them and just take the land instead of living at peace and having enough land to live on. It's a shame to think about patriotism and stars and stripes when your heritage is founded upon bloodshed.

[faithdugan49]

who hurts the land more? the indigenous people used the land properly so they used it best and now it is dying because of the way the white man uses and destroys the people, plants and animals. Look out your front door and get a clue. Now they want to genetically change the food grown and ruin it more. The world starves because we need to follow the American Indian way of life and hurt not the earth and preserve it for life to continue.

[5tonyvvvv]

@zacuan This is Legendary! Why cant we go back to the ancient ways, Its sad what the white man did to us. I cant hate them anymore. Our ancestors are with the creator now. Peace!

[Jayed74]

chief red cloud is my greatgreat greatgreatgreat grandpa

[traslomita]

@zacuan guaranteed by the constitution?what constitution? indian constitution?or the rats constituttion?i think a rat constitutiton will never give the land back.rememeber tHE WHITTIES CONSTITUTION WAS THE 1 THAT STABLISH THE RULES N LAWS TO FUCK THEM OF, how u expect that this same constitution will give them no only ther freedom but thir land?.no conquer constitution have the right much less stablish laws to said where or how an indian can live. no u all are second hand indians PEACE

[djk28161]

He was a handsome sonofagun

[chowder57401]

@Onizes Dude stfu you no shit and just to let you no hes my Great Great Great grandfather so shut the fuck up bitch

[Onizes]

Red Cloud was nothing but a liar, a traiter and a murderer; he ordered the murder on Crazy Horses little girl, because he was nothing but a coward. He was only interested in gaining money from the white men. Cray Horses little girl did not die from white man's illness, she was poisened by Red Cloud's men! Crazy Horse

[PalaceOfExile]

Red Cloud was an absolute hero who wanted nothing but peace and a future for his people. It's sickening that people like him had to endure the suffering that they did.

[RNGamers]

go home and make better vids becuase this one is crap