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Chief Joseph. / 48.168528°N 118.97722°W / 48.168528; -118.97722. Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt (or hinmatóowyalahtq̓it in Americanist orthography; March 3, 1840 – September 21, 1904), popularly known as Chief Joseph, Young Joseph, or Joseph the Younger, was a leader of the wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce, a Native American ...
Nimrod Jarret Smith (1837–1893) was 4th Principal Chief of the Eastern Band and a Confederate Army veteran of the Thomas Legion of Cherokee Indians and Highlanders. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is made up of descendants of Cherokee primarily from along the Oconaluftee River in Western North Carolina, in today's Cherokee County.
Odawa chief who resisted British settlement of the Great Lakes region during the Pontiac's Rebellion . Rain-in-the-Face. c. 1835–1905. 1860s–1870s. Hunkpapa Lakota. A war chief of the Lakota, he took part in Red Cloud's War and Black Hills War . Red Cloud. 1822–1909. 1860s–1890s.
Nez Perce War. The Nez Perce War was an armed conflict in 1877 in the Western United States that pitted several bands of the Nez Perce tribe of Native Americans and their allies, a small band of the Palouse tribe led by Red Echo ( Hahtalekin) and Bald Head ( Husishusis Kute ), against the United States Army. Fought between June and October, the ...
Nez Perce Ford is the location of Chief Joseph's crossing of the Yellowstone River on August 25, 1877. First named by superintendent Philetus Norris in 1880, the ford has also been known as Chief Joseph's Crossing and Buffalo Ford (1946). [ 24] Joseph Peak el. 10,420 feet (3,180 m) 44°57′31″N 110°53′05″W.
Joe Medicine Crow. Joseph Medicine Crow (October 27, 1913 – April 3, 2016) was a Native American writer, historian and war chief of the Crow Tribe. His writings on Native American history and reservation culture are considered seminal works, but he is best known for his writings and lectures concerning the Battle of the Little Bighorn of 1876.
Audioslave's debut single "Cochise" is named after the chief. In an interview, guitarist Tom Morello said that Cochise was "the last great American Indian chief to die free and absolutely unconquered. When several members of his family were captured, tortured, and hanged by the U.S. Cavalry, Cochise declared war on the entire Southwest....
William H. Harrison, 1922-1929, appointed by President Warren G. Harding. Ben Dwight, 1930-1936, appointed by President Herbert Hoover. William Durant, 1937-1948, appointed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Harry J. W. Belvin, 1948-1970, appointed by President Harry S. Truman. (Choctaw were allowed to elect their delegate in 1948 and 1954 ...