Red Cloud - Mahpina-Luta - Oglala Sioux

$100.00

The original composition was rendered in the Neo-Impressionist tradition of Pointillism — a meticulous technique in which countless dots of color are applied in deliberate patterns to create depth, light, and harmony within the image.

This distinguished limited-edition series features two fine art prints, each personally signed by the artist. Collectors may acquire the prints individually or as a complete set. Only 500 prints exist in this edition, with 250 already placed in private collections.

Unframed, pen and ink prints
Printed on acid-free, archival cotton paper
Paper size: 26" × 20"
Image size: 24" × 12"

Celebrate Native American artistry with a collection that blends cultural heritage, artistic mastery, and museum-level significance. Scroll down for a brief history.

Unframed, pen and ink prints
Printed on acid-free, archival cotton paper
Paper size: 26" × 20"
Image size: 24" × 12"

Celebrate Native American artistry with a collection that blends cultural heritage, artistic mastery, and museum-level significance. Scroll down for a brief history.

Red Cloud - Mahpina-Luta - Oglala Sioux “The Great Spirit raised both the white man and the Indian. I think he raised the Indian first. He raised me in this land and it belongs to me. The white man was raised over the great water, and his land is over there. Since they crossed the sea, I have given them room. There are now white people all around me. I have but a small spot of land left. The Great Spirit told me to keep it.” Red Cloud was one of the major moving forces of the Western Tribes. The alliances with th several Sioux Tribes, the Cheyenne and the Arapaho centered around Red Cloud’s great wisdom, fairness, honesty, and his desire to hold his land. The Government wanted to open the western lands to settlers and the building of forts, roads, and railroads was the first order of business. The Bozeman Road became the focus of Red Cloud’s ‘War for Peace.’ Red Cloud had an endless succession of assurances from the Government that their land would not be violated and yet here was the Road. From 1865 to 1868, Red Cloud and his allies constantly besieged the forts, attacked their supply trains and closed the Powder River country to the whites. Red Cloud said there could be no peace until the whites left his country. Even when the Government tried to buy the land, Red Cloud refused. Finally, on Nov. 6, 1868, the Government gave up. They closed all forts on the Road and left the Powder River country, defeated. After burning each fort, Red Cloud came to Ft. Laramie as a victor, but more importantly, with last ing peace in mind. The Laramie Treaty said, “From this day forward, all war between the parties to this agreement shall cease forever. The Government of the United States desires peace and its honor is hereby pledged to keep it. The Indians desire peace and they now pledge their honor to maintain it. “ In less than 4 years, hundreds of gold seekers had already broken the treaty and the military had entered the Black Hills looking for rail routes and locations for new forts. After several years of frustration trying to maintain peace, Red Cloud moved to a reservation but even there the Government made no effort to ‘honor its agreement’. New treaties came and the Sioux lands got smaller. In old age, Red Cloud said, “They made us many promises, more than I can remember but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it.”