Chief Joseph

Chief Joseph

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BIRTHDAY
Mar 3, 1840 March 3
BIRTHPLACE
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DEATH DATE
Sep 21, 2024 (age 64)
BIRTH SIGN

About

Native American leader who took part in an 1877 war, after his Nez Perce tribesmen were removed from Oregon's Wallowa Valley.

Trivia

He has a scenic highway in Wyoming, a dam in Washington, a city in Oregon, and a road in Montana named after him.

Before Fame

His father split with other Nez Perce leaders in his refusal to sign an 1863 treaty that would relocate his people to an Idaho reservation, and deprive them of their ancestral lands.

Family Life

He was married and had a daughter named Jean-Louise.

Associated With

His bravery in the Nez Perce War was praised by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.

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