death_date children birth_date signature death_place rp_coordinates other_names image_size lead spouse image name death_cause resting_place native_name_lang predecessor relations birth_place parents tribe native_name article_title
21 september 1904 jean-louise -lrb- daughter -rrb- 03 march 1840 chief joseph signature.svg colville indian reservation , washington , united states 48 : us inline , title 10 6.72 n 118 58 37.69 w type_landmark_region chief joseph joseph the younger young joseph 240px 1871 & ndash ; 1904 heyoon yoyikt springtime chief joseph-1877 . jpg hinmatóowyalahtq̓it -lrb- chief joseph -rrb- natural according to his doctor causes , `` a broken heart '' , nespelem , washington nez joseph the elder -lrb- father -rrb- sousouquee -rrb- four sisters -lrb- elder brother -rrb- ollokut -lrb- younger brother wallowa valley , oregon tuekakas -lrb- father -rrb- khapkhaponimi -lrb- mother -rrb- nez perce hinmatóowyalahtq ` it chief joseph

chief joseph

hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt , hinmatóowyalahtq̓it in americanist orthography , popularly known as chief joseph or young joseph -lrb- march 3 , 1840 -- september 21 , 1904 -rrb- , succeeded his father tuekakas -lrb- chief joseph the elder -rrb- as the leader of the wal-lam-wat-kain -lrb- wallowa -rrb- band of nez perce , a native american tribe indigenous to the wallowa valley in northeastern oregon , in the interior pacific northwest region of the united states .
he led his band during the most tumultuous period in their contemporary history when they were forcibly removed from their ancestral lands in the wallowa valley by the united states federal government and forced to move northeast , onto the significantly reduced reservation in lapwai , idaho territory .
a series of events that culminated in episodes of violence led those nez perce who resisted removal , including joseph 's band and an allied band of the palouse tribe , to take flight to attempt to reach political asylum , ultimately with the lakota chief sitting bull in canada .
they were pursued by the u.s. army in a campaign led by general oliver o. howard .
this fighting retreat by the nez perce in 1877 became known as the nez perce war .
the skill with which the nez perce fought and the manner in which they conducted themselves in the face of incredible adversity led to widespread admiration among their military adversaries and the american public .
coverage of the war in united states newspapers led to widespread recognition of joseph and the nez perce .
for his principled resistance to the removal , he became renowned as a humanitarian and peacemaker .
however , modern scholars , like robert mccoy and thomas guthrie , argue that this coverage , as well as joseph 's speeches and writings , distorted the true nature of joseph 's thoughts and gave rise to a `` mythical '' chief joseph as a `` red napoleon '' that served the interests of the anglo-american narrative of manifest destiny .
