Chief Joseph
by Barbara Keith
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Title
Chief Joseph
Artist
Barbara Keith
Medium
Drawing - Colored Pencil
Description
Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, Hinmatowyalahtq̓it in Americanist orthography, popularly known as Chief Joseph, or Young Joseph (March 3, 1840 - September 21, 1904), succeeded his father Tuekakas (Chief Joseph the Elder) as the leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce, a Native American tribe indigenous to the Wallowa Valley in northeastern Oregon, in the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
He led his band during the most tumultuous period in their contemporary history when they were forcibly removed from their ancestral lands in the Wallowa Valley by the United States federal government and forced to move northeast, onto the significantly reduced reservation in Lapwai, Idaho Territory. A series of events which culminated in episodes of violence led those Nez Perce who resisted removal including Joseph's band and an allied band of the Palouse tribe to take flight to attempt to reach political asylum, ultimately with the Sioux chief Sitting Bull in Canada.
They were pursued by the U.S. Army in a campaign led by General Oliver O. Howard. This 1,170-mile (1,900 km) fighting retreat by the Nez Perce in 1877 became known as the Nez Perce War. The skill with which the Nez Perce fought and the manner in which they conducted themselves in the face of incredible adversity led to widespread admiration among their military adversaries and the American public (Wikipedia).
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Laurel Adams
CONGRATULATIONS on your WELCOME FINE ARTISTS GROUP DOUBLE FEATURE AWARD for your submissions on the theme PEOPLE! I love your work SO much, especially the emotive way you showcase a FEELING, a STORY, an EMOTION or a RELATIONSHIP... BRAVA!! So well done,...LF
Mother Nature
F/L. Your wonderful image is featured in Welcome Fine Artists group today, March 8, 2021. It is perfect for today’s theme of “People“. Thank you so much for sharing!
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"