Chief Joseph (Heinmot Tooyalakekt, l. 1840-1904) was the leader of the Wallowa band of the Nez Perce Native American nation, who, in 1877, resisted forced relocation from his ancestral lands in the Wallowa Valley of northeastern Oregon and led his people on a 1,170-mile (1,900 km) flight toward Canada in hopes of asylum with Sitting Bull (l. c. 1837-1890).
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1840 - 1904Life of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Native American Nation.
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1877The Nez Perce War during which Chief Joseph led his people in a flight toward Canada, hoping to find asylum with the Sioux warrior Sitting Bull.
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1877Forced relocation of the Nez Perce to Kansas as prisoners of war and then to "Indian Territory" in present-day Oklahoma before they were sent to the state of Washington.
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c. 1877 - 1904Chief Joseph petitions the United States government for a redress of the wrongs done to his people.
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1904Death of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce of a broken heart in the state of Washington on the reservation he and his people were confined to.