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Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt (or hinmatóowyalahtq̓it in Americanist orthography; March 3, 1840 – September 21, 1904), popularly known as Chief Joseph, Young Joseph, or Joseph the Younger, was a leader of the wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce, a Native American tribe of the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States, in ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Chief Joseph was a Nez Perce chief who, faced with settlement by whites of tribal lands in Oregon, led his followers in a dramatic effort to escape to Canada.
Chief Joseph (born c. 1840, Wallowa Valley, Oregon Territory—died September 21, 1904, Colville Reservation, Washington, U.S.) was a Nez Percé chief who, faced with settlement by whites of tribal lands in Oregon, led his followers in a dramatic effort to escape to Canada.
Apr 7, 2009 · Chief Joseph (1840-1904) was a leader of the Wallowa band of the Nez Perce Tribe who became famous in 1877 for leading his people on an epic flight across the Rocky Mountains. He was born in 1840 and he was called Joseph by Reverend Henry H. Spalding (1803-1874), who had established a mission amongst the Nez Perce in 1836.
Feb 25, 2019 · Chief Joseph, known to his people as Young Joseph or simply Joseph, was the leader of the Wallowa band of Nez Perce people, a Native American tribe that lived on the Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States from the early 18th century to the late 19th century.
May 9, 2018 · From June to October in 1877, Chief Joseph and his tribe managed to stay ahead of the better armed American forces, to pick advantageous times to engage in battles, and to defend their position successfully.
On October 5, 1877, Chief Hinmatóowyalahtq̓it, also known as Chief Joseph, rode on his horse to the foot of a bluff at Bears Paw Mountains in northern Montana, approximately 40 miles from the Canadian border. If he had made it to Canada, he and the Nez Perce people would be free.
May 29, 2023 · The Nez Perce leader popularly known as Chief Joseph (1840–1904) is an iconic figure of the Indian Wars. The Nez Perce were forcibly dispossessed of their ancestral lands in the Wallowa Valley of eastern Oregon and relocated to a reservation in Idaho.
Jan 2, 2018 · Chief Joseph’s greatest gift as a leader of the Nez Perces was his ability to get inside the heads of his enemies. He was called the Red Napoleon, a military genius who outwitted and outfought several army commands while being chased across nearly a quarter of the nation.
Apr 7, 2021 · Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War. This program offers the New Perce perspective of leader Chief Joseph and the War of 1877. The program explores the origins of the conflict and the many...
