Nebraska History posts materials online for your personal use. Please remember that the contents of Nebraska History are copyrighted by the Nebraska State Historical Society (except for materials credited to other institutions). The NSHS retains its copyrights even to materials it posts on the web. For permission to re-use materials or for photo ordering information, please see: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/magazine/permission.htm Nebraska State Historical Society members receive four issues of Nebraska History and four issues of Nebraska History News annually. For membership information, see: http://nebraskahistory.org/admin/members/index.htm Article Title: Lakota Leaders and Government Agents: A Story of Changing Relationships Full Citation: Robert W Larson, “Lakota Leaders and Government Agents: A Story of Changing Relationships,” Nebraska History 82 (2001): 47-57 URL of article: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH2001LakotaLeaders.pdf Date: 4/11/2011 Article Summary: Led by determined chiefs like Red Cloud, Gall, and Crazy Horse, the Lakota Sioux resisted federal control during the first years of transition to the reservation system. Only after the Battle of Wounded Knee and the Sioux Bill of 1889 did the federal government gain the upper hand. Cataloging Information: Names: Red Cloud, William Dye, J J Saville, Valentine T McGillycuddy, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Spotted Tail, Kicking Bear, Short Bull, Crow Dog, He Dog, American Horse, Little Big Man, Yellow Bear, Three Bears, Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Hunts the Enemy (Sword), Gall, Crow King, John Grass, James McLaughlin, Wovoka, Big Foot, Little Wound, Two Strike Place Names: Red Cloud Agency, near Henry, Nebraska (later near Crawford, Nebraska); Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota and South Dakota Lakota Sioux bands: Oglala, Hunkpapa, Brulé, Blackfeet, San Arc, Miniconjou Keywords: Lakota Sioux, Indian Peace Commission, Treaty of Fort Laramie, Great Sioux War, Bozeman Trail, Fort Phil Kearny, Fort F C Smith, Episcopal Church, Dawes Act, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Carlisle Indian Training School, Ghost Dance movement, Battle of Wounded Knee Creek, Red Cloud, William Dye, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Spotted Tail, Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Hunts the Enemy (Sword), Gall, Red Cloud Agency, Pine Ridge Reservation, Sioux Bill, J J Saville, Valentine T McGillycuddy, James McLaughlin, Standing Rock Reservation, Crook Commission, Ghost Dance Movement Photographs / Images: Red Cloud; Dr John J Saville, agent at Red Cloud Agency, 1873-1875; Red Cloud Agency notables: He Dog, Little Wound, American Horse, Little Big Man, Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Hunts the Enemy (later known as Sword), Yellow Bear, José Merivale, William Garnett, Leon Pallardie, Three Bears; Spotted Tail; Crow Dog (1894 photograph by John A Anderson); Agent James McLaughlin and Sitting Bull at the dedication of the “Standing Rock” at the Standing Rock Agency; Gall, Kicking Bear; Short Bull; Two Strike, W T Selwyn, and Young Man Afraid of His Horses - - - ~- - .