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Chief Joseph

a biography
Chronicles the life of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians, discussing his interactions with Lewis and Clark, his reaction to the white settlers changing his tribe's way of life, his efforts to help his people through the loss of their land and freedom, and the myths that surround his life.

Chief Joseph

guardian of the people
2005
Profiles the life of Chief Joseph, leader of the Nez Perces in the Oregon Territory and chronicles his efforts to stay in their ancestral homeland in the 1870s and the fifteen-hundred-mile chase into Wyoming and Canada that led to his capture and exile in Oklahoma.

People of the dream

1972
Recounts the events of the four month trek in 1877 when Chief Joseph led the Nez Perc? Indians from their ancestral homes in Oregon to the Canadian border.

Let me be free

the Nez Perc? tragedy
1999
Recounts the desperate attempt of Chief Joseph and his Nez Perc? Indians of Idaho to elude annihilation by the U.S. Cavalry by escaping to Canada.
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