This marked a major change of heart, for he had been a thorn in the side to settlers and military personnel in the upper midwest.  
His Indian name was Mahpiua Luta and in 1869 signed the Fort Laramie Treaty in which he promised not to fight against the settlers, so he didn't participate in the war that culminated at Little Bighorn.  This marked a major change of heart, for he had been a thorn in the side to settlers and military personnel in the upper midwest.  FTP, who was this Oglala Sioux chief from Nebraska who became more accommodating to the US government after his leading the armed resistance along the Bozeman Trail?
His Indian name was Mahpiua Luta and in 1869 signed the Fort Laramie Treaty in which he promised not to fight against the settlers, so he didn't participate in the war that culminated at Little Bighorn.  
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