Chief Joseph
(Nez Percé/Nimiipuu leader, c. 1840-1904)
“I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they must do.”
- Chief Joseph’s Own Story (paragraph 26), by Chief Joseph, originally published in 1879; republished with an introduction by Bishop W. H. Hare and General Howard’s Comment in The North American Review (1879). Reprinted by Kessinger Publishing, 2010.
