chief joseph and the nez perce of the great plains
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Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce of the Great Plains. Power point created by Robert L. Martinez Primary Content Source: A History of US; Reconstructing America by Joy Hakim. The Nez Perce (Sioux) Indians were special. They were honest, honorable, courageous, intelligent, and independent. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce of the Great Plains
Power point created by Robert L. MartinezPrimary Content Source: A History of US; Reconstructing America by Joy Hakim
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• The Nez Perce (Sioux) Indians were special. They were honest, honorable,
courageous, intelligent, and independent.
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• The Sioux lived in a region that was a kind of paradise. Their land, where today, Idaho,
Washington, and Oregon come together, holds rich valleys, grassy prairies, steep
mountains, and canyons.
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• The Nez Perce Sioux shared that land with numerous wildlife and fish.
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• The Nez Perce were mighty hunters, and known for their strong bows. Other tribes traded their most precious valuables for
those bows.
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• When horses arrived in this northern region, the Sioux quickly became skilled
riders.
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• The Sioux lived in a kind of democracy where individuals were respected.
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• The Nez Perce had enemies, and, although they loved peace, they fought frequently
and captured slaves.
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• The Sioux must have been surprised when Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
stumbled into one of their camps. It was late September, in 1805.
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• The Lewis and Clark expedition was sent to explore the West by President
Jefferson. They had been caught in a mountain snowstorm. The group was
starving.
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• The Sioux fed Clark and his men buffalo steak and camas roots and probably saved
their lives.
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• Lewis and Clark convinced the Native Americans to stop the warring between tribes; that would make it safe for white men to open trading posts to sell goods
and firearms.
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• The Indians wanted those goods, and they held a council and promised “to cultivate
peace” between the tribes.
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• It was the beginning of peaceful times. The Sioux helped the white trappers, and
befriended those white settlers who were beginning to pass through their land.
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• Everything changed when gold was discovered on their land in 1860. The
miners trespassed on their lands. Many settlers began to homestead on their
lands.
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• Some Nez Perce signed treaties to give up some of their land, but others wouldn’t do
it. They wouldn’t sign the white man’s paper.
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• President Grant tried to solve the problem by setting aside a section of land “as a reservation for the roaming Nez Perce
Indians.”
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• Settlers were not allowed on that (reservation) land, but that didn’t stop the
miners and homesteaders.
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• One of the “no-treaty” tribes was led by a man most Americans called Chief Joseph.
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• Chief Joseph asked his people to be patient, he didn’t want to fight the
white settlers.
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• In 1876, the U.S. government sent commissioners to meet with Chief Joseph. They wanted him to move from his land to
another reservation.
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• Chief Joseph would not agree to move. “We love the land,” he said, “It is our
home.”
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• But the Sioux had no choice, the newcomers had great weapons and
numbers. The Indians were forced onto a reservation.
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• The commissioners had no patience. They wanted the Indians removed quickly by
military force.
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• During the move, one young Indian, whose father had been murdered by white
settlers, killed some of the white men. Now the whites had a reason to attack.
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• When they were attacked, the Nez Perce fought. The first battle began when
Indians, carrying a white flag of truce, approached the soldiers…
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• …a shot rang out and the Indians returned fire. The fight was brief, 34 U.S. soldiers
died, and no Sioux.
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• The Indians knew that other soldiers would soon be after them. The Sioux
raced for safety in Canada (a thousand mile journey.)
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• First one army, then another, and another, followed and fought the Sioux.
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• Finally, just 30 miles from Canada, facing new soldiers, the Nez Perce were
surrounded.
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Chief Joseph• “I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed…The old men are dead…The little
children are freezing to death. My people… have run away to the hills, and have no
blankets, no food…”
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• “My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more
forever.” – Chief Joseph
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• That day, promises were made to Chief Joseph, but they were never kept. The Nez
Perce were sent to barren lands; most Sioux sickened and died.
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• “All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The
earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.”
- Chief Joseph
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• “You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born a
free man should be contented when penned up and denied liberty to go where
he pleases.” – Chief Joseph
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Chief Joseph• “We only ask an even chance to live as other men live. We ask to be recognized as men. We ask that the same law shall work
alike on all men.”
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Chief Joseph• I choose…free to follow the religion of my
fathers, free to think and talk and act for myself, and I will obey every law, or submit
to the penalty.”
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• “Whenever the white man treats the Indians as they treat each other, then we will have no more wars. We shall all be alike…with
one sky above us and one country around us.” – Chief Joseph