I am Red Cloud (Lakota: Maȟpíya Lúta),born 1822 – December 10, 1909,i was a leader of the Oglala Lakota from 1868 to 1909.i was one of the most capable Native American opponents whom the United States Army faced in the western territories. I defeated the United States during Red Cloud's War, which was a fight over control of the Powder River Country in northeastern Wyoming and southern Montana