Nez Percé chief and son of Old Joseph, who led a heroic but failed resistance to the U.S. military. Joseph is typical of Native American chiefs of the era: he first tried to cooperate with the U.S. government, then he tried to fight the military, then he and his people fled, and ultimately he surrendered when his followers ran out of food. He later died on a reservation, supposedly of a “broken heart.”
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Young Joseph Character Timeline in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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Chapter 13: The Flight of the Nez Percés
...important chief, Old Joseph, refused to sign. After Old Joseph’s death in 1871, his son, Young Joseph , became an important chief. He refused to cooperate with the government agents, claiming that...
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...on the land, and that their bodies themselves were a part of the land. However, Young Joseph lacked the manpower to defend his people from the U.S. military. Troops marched his peoples...
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Young Joseph was trapped: he could either refuse to comply with the U.S. and face extermination, or...
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...Sherman chased the Nez Percé through the Park, and sent the Crows north to ambush Young Joseph ’s troops. In September 1877, the Crows battled the Nez Percé, resulting in heavy casualties...
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Young Joseph and his remaining followers fled to Canada and united with Sitting Bull. In Canada, Young...
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