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Chief Joseph - Nez Perce, 2018

 Item — Folder: 1, Item: 7

Scope and Contents

Curtis Caption: The name of Chief Joseph is better known than that of any other Northwestern Indian. To him popular opinion has given the credit of conducting a remarkable strategic movement from Idaho to northern Montana in the flight of the Nez Perces in 1877. To what extent this is a misconception has been demonstrated in the historical effort to retain what was rightly their own makes an unparalleled story in the annals of the Indian's resistance to the greed of the whites. That they made this final effort is not surprising. Indeed, it is remarkable that so few tribes rose in a last struggle against such dishonored and relentless objection. 20x24" photogravure, brown ink, reprint from the 1903 Curtis original. Published in The North American Indian vol 8.

Dates

  • Creation: 2018

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 28 photographs (Single large folder. Located in flat file storage.)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives Repository

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