Inkpaduta

Inkpaduta
Iŋkpáduta ("Red End," "Red Cap," or "Scarlet Point")
Santee Dakota leader
Personal details
Bornc. 1797
Dakota Territory
Died1881
Manitoba
ParentWamdisapa

Inkpaduta (Dakota: Iŋkpáduta, variously translated as "Red End," "Red Cap," or "Scarlet Point") (about 1797 – 1881) was a war chief of the Wahpekute band of the Dakota (Eastern or Santee Dakota) during the 1857 Spirit Lake Massacre and later Western Sioux actions against the United States Army in the Dakota Territory, Wyoming and Montana.[1]

  1. ^ Beck, Paul (2008). Inkpaduta: Dakota Leader. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806139500.