Chief Joseph
Sign in to saveAlso known as Joseph Buruzagia, Hin-mut-too-uah-lat-kekht, Thunder Rolling in the Mountains, Heinmot Tooyalaket, Joseph the Younger, Hinmatóowyalahtq’it
19th-century Native American leader
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Within Vinony's link graph, Chief Joseph is referenced by 588 other articles, and connects out to Old Chief Joseph, Walt Disney World Resort and Nez Perce.
The entry is geolocated on the map in WA.
It is catalogued under topics including 1840 births, 1904 deaths and 19th-century Native American leaders.
Its subject is documented across 26 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1840-03-03 ) March 3, 1840, Wallowa Valley , Nez Perce territory
- Died
- September 21, 1904 (1904-09-21) (aged 64), Colville Indian Reservation , Washington, U.S.
- Resting place
- Chief Joseph Cemetery, Nespelem, Washington , 48°10′6.7″N 118°58′38″W / 48.168528°N 118.97722°W / 48.168528; -118.97722
- Other names
- Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat Joseph the Younger
- Known for
- Nez Perce leader
- Predecessor
- Joseph the Elder (father)
- Spouses
- Heyoon Yoyikt ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1880 ) Springtime
- Parents
- Tuekakas (father) Khapkhaponimi (mother)
- Relatives
- Ollokot
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Wallowa River
- Place of death
- Colville Indian Reservation
- Father
- Old Chief Joseph
- Sibling
- Ollokot
- Occupation
- traditional leader or chief
- Languages spoken
- Nez Perce
- Native language
- Nez Perce
- Conflict
- Nez Perce War
- Image
- Chief Joseph by Edward Sheriff Curtis.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
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- Commons category
- Chief Joseph
- date of death
- 1904-09-21
- date of birth
- 1840-03-03
- Commons gallery
- Chief Joseph
- ethnic group
- Native Americans in the United States
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Encyclopedic overview
Original Nez Perce territory (green) and the reduced reservation of 1863 (brown)
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 tribe of the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States, in the latter half of the 19th century. He succeeded his father Tuekakas (Chief Joseph the Elder) in the early 1870s.
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