A biography of Chief Joseph, who led the Nez Perc? 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.
Profiles the life of Chief Joseph, leader of the Nez Perces in the Oregon Territory and chronicles his efforts to stay in their ancestral homeland in the 1870s and the fifteen-hundred-mile chase into Wyoming and Canada that led to his capture and exile in Oklahoma.
Looks at the life of Chief Joseph, a Nez Perce leader who gained the respect of his people, white settlers, and U.S. leaders by refusing to fight and becoming an advocate for the rights of Native Americans.
A biography of the peace chief who ended the Nez Perc? 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.".
Draws from accounts by Nez Perce storytellers to relate the events of 1805 and 1806 when members of the Lewis and Clark expedition first encountered the tribe in northern Idaho.
Follows Golden Sun, an Appaloosa horse, through several seasons as Little Turtle, a Nez Perce boy, raises and trains him then takes him along on a vision quest in hopes of saving his friend Pale Moon from serious illness.