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Apr 14, 1975 · I Will Fight No More Forever: Directed by Richard T. Heffron. With James Whitmore, Sam Elliott, Ned Romero, Linda Redfearn. In a period when many thought that "the only good Indian is a dead Indian," Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce won the admiration of the American public.
Set in 1877, the story follows Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe, who lived in the border area of Idaho and Oregon. As President Ulysses S. Grant permits white settlers to come to both territories, the native Nez Perce fight back and defy the order from Grant to leave their home ground.
No one knows where they are -- perhaps freezing to death. I want to have time to look for my children, and see how many of them I can find; maybe I shall find them among the dead. Hear me, my chiefs; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever!
I Will Fight No More Forever (1975), the story of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce, was adapted as a film by Richard T. Heffron. Starring James Whitmore, Sam Elliott, Ned Romero, and Nick Ramus, it is available on video from Anchor Bay Entertainment.
May 29, 2023 · This brief speech, delivered by Joseph to Gen. Oliver O. Howard (1830–1909), is best remembered for its last sentence: “From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.” Joseph surrendered on the understanding that his people would be permitted to return to their reservation in Idaho.
I Will Fight No More Forever, the 1877 surrender speech by Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, A High School American Literature Selection rendered in ASL.
SYNOPSIS. Resisting a U.S. government order to move to a reservation, the Nez Percé tribe evaded U.S. troops for 1,500 miles. When the tribe finally succumbed to fatigue, sickness, and the relentless pursuit of the troops, their leader, Chief Joseph, ended the chase with a statement of surrender.
Based on a true story, this film focuses on the plight of Nez Perce Native American leader Chief Joseph (Ned Romero) and his decision to defy the U.S....
- History, Drama, Western
A dramatization of a tragic part of U.S. history in which the leader of the Nez Perce Indians refused to take his tribe to a reservation in 1877, trying instead to lead them to safety in Canada, with the cavalry in pursuit trying to stop the escape. Emmy Award nominations went to writers Jeb...
In “I Will Fight No More Forever”: Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War, Merrill D. Beal created, in essence, many books: a biography, a history text, an anthropological study,...
