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COMMANDER // 1840–1904

Chief Joseph

United States7 battles1 war

Lifespan

1840 – 1904

1840185018601870188018901900Nez Perce War · 1877Battle of Bear Paw — September 30, 1877 · Nez Perce · Nez Perce WarBattle of Camas Creek — August 20, 1877 · Nez Perce · Nez Perce WarBattle of Canyon Creek — September 13, 1877 · Nez Perce · Nez Perce WarBattle of Cottonwood — July 3, 1877 · Nez Perce · Nez Perce WarBattle of the Big Hole — August 9, 1877 · Nez Perce · Nez Perce WarBattle of the Clearwater — January 1, 1877 · Nez Perce · Nez Perce WarBattle of White Bird Canyon — June 17, 1877 · Nez Perce · Nez Perce War

Active service 1877 — 7 battles across 1 war; first command at age 37.

Profile

Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, 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 tribe of the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States, in the latter half of the 19th century. He succeeded his father Tuekakas in the early 1870s.

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Battles (7)

Last verified June 2026
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