Search Results: Nez Perce

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...

Map of the flight of the Nez Perce toward Canada in 1877 and key battle sites of the Nez Perce War. United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service, 2004.

Chief Joseph (Heinmot Tooyalakekt, l. 1840-1904) of the Wallowa band of the Nez Perce Native American nation. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, 1903. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Thunder Echoes, The Epic Journey of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Tribe. This video chronicles the awe-inspiring story of Chief Joseph (Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt), a Nez Perce chieftain known for his bravery, resilience, and the quest...

Crazy Horse (Tasunke Witko, l. c. 1840-1877) was an Oglala Lakota Sioux warrior and warband leader considered among the greatest defenders of Sioux lands against the forces of the US government in the 19th century. He is one of the most famous...

The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) was a US military expedition of exploration, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, whose goal was to explore the newly acquired western lands that comprised the Louisiana Purchase and to reach...

Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce and Family, c. 1880. Photograph by F. M. Sargent, c. 1880. Washington State History Museum. Description by the museum: This photograph is historically significant and has great human interest as well. It may...

Morning Star (Vooheheve, l. c. 1810-1883, better known as Dull Knife) was a Northern Cheyenne chief who led his people in resistance to the US government's policies of genocidal westward expansion. He participated in Red Cloud's War (1866-1868...

Coyote is easily the most famous trickster figure in the lore of the Native peoples of North America, and the Coyote tales of the Apache are among the best-known. As a trickster figure, Coyote appears alternately as a hero, villain, wise...

Little Wolf (Ohcumgache, also known as Little Coyote, l. c. 1820-1904) was a Northern Cheyenne chief and holy man, best known for his role in the Northern Cheyenne Exodus of 1878 but also recognized for his resistance to US westward expansion...