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- WabokieshiekWabokieshiekWabokieshiek was an important Native American of the Ho-Chunk and Sauk tribes in 19th century Illinois, playing a key role in the Black Hawk War of 1832...
(translated as "White Cloud"), an important Native American of the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) tribe in 19th century Illinois; often confused with Red CloudRed CloudRed Cloud , was a war leader and the head Chief of the Oglala Lakota . His reign was from 1868 to 1909...
, a Lakota chief - Wabanquot (Chippewa chief)Wabanquot (Chippewa chief)Wabanquot, Wabonaquod, Wah-bon-ah-quot, Wau-bon-a-quat or Wa-bon-o-quot was an Ojibwa chief.-Biography:Wabanquot was born at Gull Lake, Minnesota, around 1830...
(translated as "White Cloud"), an Ojibwa (Chippewa) chief - Chief MahaskaChief MahaskaMahaska , or White Cloud, was a chief of the Native American Iowa tribe.-Early life and education:Mahaska was born into the Iowa tribe...
, also called "White Cloud" - Buck Jones (American football)Buck Jones (American football)Horatio Jones aka White Cloud was a professional football player who played in the National Football League during the 1922 season. That season he joined the NFL's Oorang Indians for 2 games. The Indians were an early NFL franchise based in LaRue, Ohio, composing only of Native Americans, and...
, also called "White Cloud", a Native American football player in 1922
Place names
In the United States:- White Cloud, CaliforniaWhite Cloud, CaliforniaWhite Cloud is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. White Cloud is located south-southwest of Washington. It still appeared on maps as of 1873.-References:...
, in Nevada County - White Cloud, IndianaWhite Cloud, IndianaWhite Cloud is an unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Harrison County, Indiana....
, in Harrison County - White Cloud, Iowa, in Mills County
- White Cloud, KansasWhite Cloud, KansasWhite Cloud is a city in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States. It was named for James White Cloud, son of Chief White Cloud of the Iowa Tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 176. White Cloud is the seat of government for the Iowa Reservation of Kansas and Nebraska...
, in Doniphan County - White Cloud, MichiganWhite Cloud, MichiganWhite Cloud is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,408. It is the county seat of Newaygo County.-Geography:...
, in Newaygo County - White Cloud, Missouri, in Hickory County
- White Cloud City, NevadaWhite Cloud City, NevadaWhite Cloud City, also known as Coppereid, is a ghost town inside Churchill County country, in Nevada, United States. It had a total population of 40 people. However nobody lives there today.-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
Other uses
- Mahpiya Ska, a sacred albino female White Buffalo living in Jamestown, North Dakota
- White Cloud Mountain minnowWhite Cloud Mountain minnowThe White Cloud Mountain minnow is a hardy, species of freshwater fish and coldwater fish often kept in aquaria.These creatures are brilliant for children as they are very easy to look after. The species is a member of the carp family of order Cypriniformes, native to China...
, a type of fish commonly kept in cold-water aquariums - White Cloud Naval Ocean Surveillance SystemNaval Ocean Surveillance SystemThe Naval Ocean Surveillance System , reportedly also called White Cloud and PARCAE, refers to one or several systems of SIGINT satellites which conducted ELINT for the U.S. Navy beginning in the early 1970s....
, a spaceborne military system launched in 1986 and 1987 which was used primarily by the US Navy - White Cloud, a brand of toilet tissue sold in the US by Kruger Products, USA Inc.
- White Cloud Tradition of Buddhism in ChinaBuddhism in ChinaChinese Buddhism refers collectively to the various schools of Buddhism that have flourished in China since ancient times. Buddhism has played an enormous role in shaping the mindset of the Chinese people, affecting their aesthetics, politics, literature, philosophy and medicine.At the peak of the...
, founded by the Northern Song preacher Qingjue 清覺 (1043-1121), widespread since YuanYuan DynastyThe Yuan Dynasty , or Great Yuan Empire was a ruling dynasty founded by the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, who ruled most of present-day China, all of modern Mongolia and its surrounding areas, lasting officially from 1271 to 1368. It is considered both as a division of the Mongol Empire and as an...
(1279-1368), crticized for being used as a tax evasion device by the powerful families of the time.