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Chief Joseph

Chief of the Nez Perce Indian tribe
Date of Birth:
Country: India

Content:
  1. Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce
  2. Early Life
  3. Reservation Treaties
  4. Government Pressure and Conflict
  5. Leadership and Military Conflict
  6. Flight to Canada and Surrender
  7. Later Life and Legacy

Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce

Chief Joseph was a leader of the Nez Perce tribe who resisted the United States government's forced removal of his people to a reservation in Idaho.

Despite his initial opposition to the move, Chief Joseph became known as an advocate for peaceful resolution of the conflict between Native American tribes and the American government.

Early Life

Born on March 3, , in the Wallowa Valley, Joseph was named Hinmaton-Yalaktit, meaning "thunder rolling over the mountains." As a young man, he was known to his fellow tribesmen as Joseph, Jr., as his father had converted to Christianity and adopted the name Joseph the Elder.

Although Joseph the Elder was initially hosp