With one sky above us
Subtitle: the story of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians
By: Nancy Plain
Publisher: Mondo
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781602019850
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Nez Percé Indians; History; Nez Perce Indians; Nez Percé (Indiens); Ouvrages pour la jeunesse; Histoire
Description: Chief Joseph's Band of Nez Perce Indians lived in Oregon's green and beautiful Wallowa Valley. His people loved their ancient home; they were grateful for their land and everything that lived on it. As one Nez Perce warrior said, "I belong to the land out of which I came. The earth is my mother." But when whites began to settle in Nez Perce country, Joseph knew that his homeland and the ways of his tribe were in danger. He vowed to his dying father that he would guard his "beautiful valley of winding waters" with his life. Learn how Chief Joseph led his people in their heroic fight for freedom. And find out if he kept the sacred promise he had made to his father and to the Nez Perce families he'd sworn to protect.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-78) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: I belong to the land; title: Faithful friends; title: The White Road; title: You intend to win our country; title: Thief treaty; title: I will have to be war!; title: They were homeless; title: From the Lolo Trail to the Big Hole; title: In the wilds of Yellowstone; title: I will fight no more forever; title: With one sky above us; title: Sources for quotations.