How did Red Cloud view the "Indian Department" left in charge of reservation life?
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.
B 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.
D 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.