White Cloud
White Cloud may refer to:
People
- Buck Jones (American football), also called "White Cloud", a Seneca Native American football player active in 1922
- Chief Mahaska (1784–1843), or Mewhushekaw, also known as White Cloud I, Iowa chief
- Wabanquot (Chippewa chief) (translated as "White Cloud"), an Ojibwa chief
- Wabokieshiek (translated as "White Cloud"), 19th-century Ho-Chunk chief from Illinois
- James White Cloud (1840–1940), also known as Chief White Cloud, Iowa chief from Kansas
- Francis White Cloud, also called White Cloud II, principal chief of the Iowa who traveled to England and France in 1844–5, son of Mahaska
Place names
In the United States:
- White Cloud, California, in Nevada County
- White Cloud, Indiana, in Harrison County
- White Cloud, Iowa, in Mills County
- White Cloud, Kansas, in Doniphan County
- White Cloud, Michigan, in Newaygo County
- White Cloud, Missouri, an unincorporated community
- Whitecloud, Nodaway County, Missouri, an unincorporated community
Other uses
- Mahpiya Ska, a sacred albino female White Buffalo living in Jamestown, North Dakota
- White Cloud Mountain minnow, a type of fish commonly kept in cold-water aquariums
- White Cloud Naval Ocean Surveillance System, a spaceborne military system launched in 1986 and 1987 which was used primarily by the US Navy
- White Cloud Tradition of Buddhism in China, founded by the Northern Song preacher Qingjue 清覺 (1043-1121), widespread since Yuan (1279-1368), criticized for being used as a tax evasion device by the powerful families of the time.
- White Cloud, a Gaff rigged Yawl built, in the style of a Falmouth Quay Punt, in 1912 by Gann & Palmer in Teignmouth, Devon, UK.
See also
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