1974 Red Cloud
DESCRIPTION
A powerful portrait of Red Cloud, the Oglala Lakota leader who led a successful campaign against U.S. military expansion into the Powder River country.
Red Cloud (1822–1909), known in Lakota as Maȟpíya Lúta, was an influential Oglala Lakota leader whose alliance of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho fighters resisted U.S. military encroachment along the Bozeman Trail. The conflict of 1866–1868, commonly called Red Cloud’s War, culminated in the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie and the withdrawal of federal garrisons from the contested forts. Red Cloud subsequently became an important political figure as Lakota communities confronted the pressures of reservation life. This poster features a large photographic portrait of Red Cloud in a feathered headdress, framed by a stepped black-and-cream diamond against a vivid red background, with his name in oversized white letters above.
Published in 1974 by the Perfection Form Company of Logan, Iowa, the work belongs to a series of twelve educational prints depicting prominent Native American figures and aspects of Indigenous history. Originally produced as classroom teaching materials, the posters combine historical imagery with bold typography and vivid colors characteristic of 1970s graphic design. Original examples are scarce on the market, and a complete set of twelve is preserved in the Special Collections of Johns Hopkins University's Sheridan Libraries.
CONDITION
1200 W. 35th Street #425 Chicago, IL 60609 | P: (312) 496 - 3622