Post by blackcrowheart on Oct 3, 2007 13:43:40 GMT -5
Jodi Rave: Nez Perce homeland remains sacred
Monday, June 4, 2007
"Nez Pierce Chief Joseph remains one of the most remarkable Native leaders
who refused to willingly surrender his father's homeland to white settlers and
gold diggers.
In 1877, within a year of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, Chief Joseph,
the younger, would pull off one of the most extraordinary military feats in
U.S. history. It began in the Nez Perce country that existed within Idaho,
Washington and Oregon.
The Nez Perce were forced to sign the Stevens Treaty of 1855, which meant
they had to give up thousands of acres of land to the U.S. government. They were
able to remain in the heart of their territory, which was the Wallowa Valley
in eastern Oregon.
But when gold was discovered, new treaties were created. Even though the
Joseph Band of Nez Perce refused to sign, they were still forced to new lands in
Idaho. Distraught warriors, consequently, killed some white settlers, which
started the Nez Perce War, a 1,200-mile retreat of the Joseph Band that led to
their final capture in Montana, 40 miles short of Canada, where they sought
refuge.
But the Nez Perce homeland in the Wallowa Valley still calls."
Get the Story:
_Nez Perce homeland will always be sacred _
Monday, June 4, 2007
"Nez Pierce Chief Joseph remains one of the most remarkable Native leaders
who refused to willingly surrender his father's homeland to white settlers and
gold diggers.
In 1877, within a year of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, Chief Joseph,
the younger, would pull off one of the most extraordinary military feats in
U.S. history. It began in the Nez Perce country that existed within Idaho,
Washington and Oregon.
The Nez Perce were forced to sign the Stevens Treaty of 1855, which meant
they had to give up thousands of acres of land to the U.S. government. They were
able to remain in the heart of their territory, which was the Wallowa Valley
in eastern Oregon.
But when gold was discovered, new treaties were created. Even though the
Joseph Band of Nez Perce refused to sign, they were still forced to new lands in
Idaho. Distraught warriors, consequently, killed some white settlers, which
started the Nez Perce War, a 1,200-mile retreat of the Joseph Band that led to
their final capture in Montana, 40 miles short of Canada, where they sought
refuge.
But the Nez Perce homeland in the Wallowa Valley still calls."
Get the Story:
_Nez Perce homeland will always be sacred _