Product Description: Chief Joseph: A Biography explores the world of the Nez Perce Indians from their entrance into the Columbia Plateau through their relations with the expanding United States. It recounts their attempt to accommodate the rapidly changing world around them, and it follows the life of Chief Joseph, one of their greatest peace leaders...read more

A biography of Chief Joseph, who led the Nez Percâe as they hid from, fought with, and finally surrendered to Army soldiers, and who later spoke in Washington, D.C. about the rights of his people.

A biography of the peace chief who ended the Nez Percâe War by surrendering to United States soldiers in 1877, believing that he would be permitted lead his people back to their ancestral lands in Idaho. Includes a recipe for berry fritters and directions for 'the stick game.'A biography of the peace chief who ended the Nez Percâe War by surrendering to United States soldiers in 1877, believing that he would be permitted to lead his people back to their ancestral lands in Idaho.

A brief introduction to the life of Chief Joseph, who fought to keep the Oregon land that his people had lived on for generations. (view table of contents)

Product Description: In A LITTLE BIT OF WISDOM, Horace Axtell, a contemporary Nez Perce elder and spiritual leader, recounts to Margo Aragon his family's history and his own personal journey. It is a book about growing up Christian while maintaining a strong tribal identity, about going first to war and then to prison, and then coming home to rediscover the Long House and the sacred practice of the Seven Drum Religion and the Sweat House...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A brief biography of the famous Nez Percâe leader who led his people against the United States Army and lost, but won the respect of his own people as well as white generals by standing up for his beliefs.

A biography of the Nez Percâe Indian Chief who, in 1877, led his people in a flight from their Oregon homeland to Canada to avoid being placed on a reservation.

A biography of the great Nez Percâe chief who, struggling desperately to keep his tribe safe and free, led them on a flight to Canada.

The story of the Indian leader who tried but failed to get his people into Canada in 1877 so that they would not be sent to a reservation

Product Description: The customary cant about being an American Indian goes like this: Indians must live in wide open spaces; they must define their spirituality by chant, dance, and drum; they must pass down their traditions with reverent care; and they must offer tourists Indian art and Indian experiences to take home...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A biography of the Nez Perce chief who led his people on a long trek to escape the injustices of the United States government

Recounts the broken treaties and U.S. military incursions that forced the Indian chief to lead his people out of their homeland

Caught up in a war with the white soldiers against his will, Joseph, chief of the Nez Perce, led his tribe on a desperate journey towards freedom in Canada