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Chief Joseph
From: ICONS OF THE AMERICAN WEST

CHIEF JOSEPH (1840–1904) Nez Perce, Oregon
From: AMERICAN INDIAN QUOTATIONS

Chief Joseph or Thunder-Rolling-in-the-Mountains or Heinmot Tooyalaket [hyn' maht too' yuh • lah' kiht] (1840-September 21, 1904)
From: Indian Terms of the Americas

Joseph (Heinmot Tooyalakekt)
From: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS

JOSEPH, YOUNGER (HINMATON YALATIK; HIN-MAH-TOO-YAH-LAHT-KET; CHIEF JOSEPH) Nez Perce 1841–1904
From: The Encyclopedia of Native American Biography

NEZ PERCE WAR (IDAHO), 1877
From: The Greenwood Library of AMERICAN WAR REPORTING

PART V: WESTWARD AND INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION
From: 100 KEY DOCUMENTS IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

REFUGEES IN THEIR OWN LAND
From: SHAPERS OF THE GREAT DEBATE ON NATIVE AMERICANS LAND, SPIRIT, AND POWER

Speeches and Documents
From: The American Political Landscape Series

THE FATE OF THE NEZ PERCÊS TRIBE, 1879Chief Joseph (Nez Percés)
From: GREAT DOCUMENTS IN AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY

Chief Joseph, Younger. (Courtesy of Smithsonian National Anthropological Archives.)

Chief Joseph. [National Anthropological Archives]

Chief Joseph the Younger (1841–1904) and Oliver O. Howard (1830–1909)

Chief Joseph

Your genealogical research may lead you to discover your ancestors' traditional Indian names, which are often evocative of nature or personality traits. The Indian name of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce was Hinmaton Yalatket, which means “Thunder coming from the water up over the land.” This photo shows Chief Joseph in 1900.