biography
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Joseph, Chief
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originally Hinmaton Yalatkit
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| male
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| lived:
| (?1835–1904)
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| biography:
| Nez Percé chief, born in the Wallowa Valley of present-day Oregon, USA. A peaceful leader of a peaceful tribe, he was forced into a state of war in 1877 and helped lead 750 of his people on a 1500 mi flight to Canada. Within 40 mi of the border, his people starving and freezing, he surrendered (Oct 1877), delivering an oft-quoted speech at the event. After being held in Oklahoma, he returned to the NW (1885), where he encouraged his people to obtain an education and to abstain from drinking and gambling. |
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