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Interchange – Barbra Lantz – “The Return of Chief Joseph”

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Host Lisa Morrison talks with local writer and musician Barbra Lantz about her newly published book, “The Return of Chief Joseph”, and her workshop series at the Bloomington Womens’ Writing Center. Joseph was chief of the Wallowa band of Nez Perce Indians during General Oliver O. Howard’s attempt to forcibly remove his band and the other “non-treaty” Indians to a reservation in Idaho. For his principled resistance to the removal, he became renowned as a humanitarian and peacemaker. With 2000 U.S. soldiers in pursuit, Chief Joseph led 800 Nez Perce toward freedom at the Canadian border. For over three months the Nez Perce outmaneuvered and battled their pursuers, traveling 1,700 miles across Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. Finally, after a devastating five-day battle during freezing weather with no food or blankets, Chief Joseph formally surrendered to General Nelson Appleton Miles only 40 miles south of Canada where he gave his famous speech including the famous words “from where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.”

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