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Who Was Chief Joseph?
Who was Chief Joseph? Chief Joseph otherwise known as Hinmatóowyalahtq'it among his people was the chief of the Wallowa band of Nez Perce. He governed the Nez Perce from 1871 when his father died to his own death in 1904. While chief he did many things that may not have been the best decisions and he did many things that helped the Wallow band. As a whole he kept the Wallowa band together.

Life Before Being Chief
Chief Joseph was born in Wallowa Valley, Oregon. His mother’s name was Khapkhaponimi and his father’s unbaptized name was Tuekakas and his baptized name was Joseph. Chief Joseph was born in 1840. Soon after Hinmatóowyalahtq’it was born his father chose to share his baptized name with Hinmatóowyalahtq'it. Old Joseph (Chief Joseph’s father) was the first Native American to get baptized. As the son of the chief it was chief Joseph’s duty to attend special sessions taught by the best warriors among the tribe to learn the ways of a native warrior. In 1863 Old Joseph being the chief signed a treaty giving the Wallowa Band more area of Wallowa Valley and the whites agreed. Soon after this happened the whites …show more content…

“In 1873, Joseph negotiated with the federal government to ensure his people could stay on their land in the Wallowa Valley. But in 1877, the government reversed its policy, and Army General Oliver Howard threatened to attack if the Wallowa band did not relocate to the Idaho Reservation with the other Nez Perce”. During this fight for land the Wallowa Band had to flee from place to place hoping to find some unoccupied land. They also tried going to the Crow Nation in the Montana Territory and they also tried going to Lakota where they tried seeking asylum with Sitting Bull who was the chief of another tribe and they had fled America in 1876 to go to

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