Built in 1951, was named for the son of Old Joseph, veteran of the Washington Territory Indian Wars of the 1850's and chief of the Nez Perce Indians. Old Joseph's successor, Chief Joseph, became the most famous Indian general in U.S. history. He lived from 1840 to 1904. Resisting a fraudulently obtained treaty in which the Indians had supposedly ceded their homelands to the U.S, government, the Nez Perce Tribe, under Chief Joseph, was pursued a thousand miles by U.S. troops. In 1877 Joseph led his whole tribe of warriors, women, children and elders, across a wintry West, evading capture until he was intercepted only 30 miles from the presumed safety of Canada.
In response to numerous requests, here is a brief bibliography of reading selections on the topic of Chief Joseph. All these selections can be found in our school library:
Fox, Mary Virginia. Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians: champion of liberty.
Chicago : Childrens Press, c1992.
Relates the life story of the Nez Perce Indian chief who led his people on a great trek to escape the injustices of the American Government.
Howard, Helen Addison. War Chief Joseph. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1941.
The authors have sought to tell the story of Chief Joseph with strict historical accuracy and in all of its details.
Scott, Robert Alan> Chief Joseph and the Nez Perces. New York : Facts on File, 1993.
A biography of the nineteenth century Nez Perce chief, concentrating on his unending struggle to win peace and equality for his people.
Taylor, Marian. Chief Joseph: Nez Perce leader. New York : Chelsea House, 1993.
Presents the life and times of the Nez Perce Indian chief who led his people on a great trek to escape the injustices of the American government.
Warburton, Lois. Chief Joseph. San Diego : Lucent, c1992.
A biography of the Nez Perce Indian chief who led his people in a flight from their Oregon lands to Canada in 1877.
Warren, Robert Penn. Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, who called themselves the Nimipu, "the real people" : a poem. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c1983.
A narrative poem based on the life of Joseph, Chief of the Nez Perce Indians.
Yates, Diana. Chief Joseph : thunder rolling down from the mountains. Staten Island, NY : Ward Hill Press, c1992.
A biography of Chief Joseph, the Nez Perce chief, and a description of the Nez Perce-American War of 1877.
