Great Warrior, Leader, Diplomat and Advocate for the LakotaRed Cloud was born in 1822 with the Lakota name, Maȟpíya Lúta, near the forks of the Platte River near today’s North Platte, in west central Nebraska near the Colorado border. As is tradition in Lakota cultures, children belong to the mother’s clan. Red Cloud was born to Oglala Lakota mother, Walks As She Thinks, and Brule Lakota father, Lone Man. From an early age, Red Cloud was mentored by his maternal uncle, Old Chief Smoke, who…