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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 .
I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever. Twenty-five years after fighting his reluctant war with the United States, Chief Joseph was still in exile, longing to return to his beloved Wallowa Valley in eastern Oregon.
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.
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” by Chief Joseph. THE LITERARY WORK. A statement of surrender made in Montana by Chief Joseph of the Nez Percé to army officer Nelson Miles on October 5, 1877. SYNOPSIS. Resisting a U.S. government order to move to a reservation, the Nez Percé tribe evaded U.S. troops for 1,500 miles.
