Several years before his death, Red Cloud converted to Christianity and changed his first name to John. He died on the Pine Ridge Agency in 1909.

Was this pipe given to a Californian woman's ancestor by the famous warrior Chief Red Cloud? The ancestor was the Indian agent who moved the Oglala Lakota to a Reservation in South Dakota.

Since the 1960’s, Red Cloud volunteers have worked in partnership with the Lakota community, Jesuits and religious sisters to serve the mission of Red Cloud Indian School. Become a part of this living ...