Having passed through the Bitterroot Valley, the non-treaty Nez Perce bands crossed the Continental Divide into the Big Hole Valley on Aug. 7, 1877. A high, open grassland, the valley provided forage ...
On October 5, 1877, Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph formally surrendered his forces to General Nelson A. Miles and General Oliver Otis Howard at Bear Paw Mountain, Montana Territory. This effectively ...
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While some Nez Perce settled on the smaller reservation, others, called non-treaty Nez Perce, did not, preferring to stay in their traditional home territory off the reservation. As more whites moved ...
The dreamers -- A willing exile -- New beginnings -- Quite good friends -- Winding waters -- The wilderness of American power -- Adonis in blue -- Wind blowing -- A sharp-sighted heart -- Aloft -- ...
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Jerome A. Greene, whose new book about the Nez Perce's fight with the U.S. Army in 1877 has drawn ...
The Nez Perce Indian Nation will present the Chief Redheart memorial ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. The annual ceremony pays tribute to “tribal ideals, ...
Joseph is located in Wallowa County, Oregon, near Wallowa Lake. It is in a picturesque valley at the base of the Eagle Cap Wilderness. The region was the homeland of […] ...
ENTERPRISE — A Junction City man with ties to the Nez Perce and a passion for promoting the Indian people has come to Wallowa County to celebrate his 90th birthday. Sidney Austin, a longtime partisan ...