Red Shirt | |
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| Ógle Šá | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Chief_Red_Shirt_Oglala_Sioux.jpg) Chief Red Shirt | |
| Oglala Lakota leader | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1847 near Fort Fetterman, Wyoming |
| Died | January 4, 1925 Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota |
| Spouse | Julia In Sight |
| Children | Annie Red Shirt, William Red Shirt, Casey Red Shirt |
| Known for | Oglala chief, warrior and statesman. Served on peace delegations, international celebrity with Buffalo Bill's Wild West. |
Red Shirt (Oglala Lakota: Ógle Ša in Standard Lakota Orthography) (c. 1847 – January 4, 1925) was an Oglala Lakota chief, warrior and statesman. Red Shirt supported Crazy Horse during the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877 and the Ghost Dance Movement of 1890, and was a Lakota delegate to Washington in 1880. Red Shirt surrendered with Crazy Horse in 1877. After the surrender he moved to an area that is now known as Red Shirt, SD. Red Shirt was one of the first Wild Westers with Buffalo Bill's Wild West and a supporter of the Carlisle Native Industrial School. Red Shirt became an international celebrity Wild Westing with Buffalo Bill's Wild West and his 1887 appearance in England captured the attention of Europeans and presented a progressive image of Native Americans.