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Release. April 14, 1975. ( 1975-04-14) I Will Fight No More Forever is a 1975 made-for-television Western film starring James Whitmore as General Oliver O. Howard and Ned Romero as Chief Joseph. It is a dramatization of Chief Joseph's resistance to the U.S. government's forcible removal of his Nez Perce Indian tribe to a reservation in Idaho .
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Surrender Speech. delivered 5 October 1877, Bears Paw Mountains, Montana. I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed. Looking-glass is dead. Too-hul-hul-suit is dead. The old men are all dead. It is the young men, now, who say "yes" or "no" [that is, vote in council]. He who led on the young men [Joseph’s brother, Ollicut] is dead.
Apr 14, 1975 · A TV movie based on the true story of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians, who fought against the U.S. Army in 1877. See cast, crew, plot summary, reviews, ratings, and more on IMDb.
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Learn about the famous speech given by Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce in 1877, when he surrendered to U.S. soldiers after a long and brutal war. The speech expresses his dignity, courage, and grief over the loss of his people's land and culture.
In his surrender speech, “I Will Fight No More Forever,” Joseph confesses his own exhaustion and offers a list of the hardships that have befallen his people while attempting to escape the U.S. Army. The Nez Percé had traveled over 1,500 miles through Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana, hoping to find refuge with Sitting
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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! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever.
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May 29, 2023 · Read the famous last sentence of Chief Joseph's speech to Gen. Oliver O. Howard in 1877, when he surrendered to the U.S. Army after a long fight. Learn about the context, the background, and the consequences of the Nez Perce War.
