2. How did Red Cloud view the "Indian Department" left in charge of reservation life?
O A Red Cloud viewed them as corrupt; the department
did little to actually help the Native Americans, and
instead they lied, discouraged, and filled their own
pockets with large salaries.
OB Red Cloud sympathized: the department did what
they could to help but never received the funding
supposedly set aside by the U. S. government when
they first agreed to live on the reservations.
C Red Cloud blamed them for the massacre at
Wounded Knee, for if they had provided sufficient
funds to the Lakota people then groups would not
have fled into the Badlands.
OD Red Cloud viewed the department as wholly
unnecessary; he believed it was in the better interest
of his people if they continued their traditional
lifestyles on the reservation without interference,