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PIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota State Historical Society has a new book out, and it focuses on the only Native American leader who defeated the U.S. Army in a war. The biography of Red Cloud examines ...

Red Cloud — Sioux chieftain, sometime ally of Sitting Bull and mentor to Crazy Horse — was a brilliant politician and military tactician. Pragmatic as well as daring, he cuts a less romantic figure ...

PIERRE | The South Dakota State Historical Society has a new book out and it focuses on the only Native American leader who defeated the U.S. Army in a war. The biography of Red Cloud examines the ...