
Re-enactment of the story of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians, who lived in the beautiful Wallowa Valley of Idaho and Oregon. In 1877, President Grant opened the valley to white settlement, and the Nez Perce were given thirty days in which to move to the Lapwai Reservation. The government sent the one-armed soldier-chief, General Oliver Otis Howard, to clear all Nez Perce out of Wallowa Valley. Chief Joseph, in a succession of shrewd military actions, outmaneuvered ten p... (Full plot summary below)
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Re-enactment of the story of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians, who lived in the beautiful Wallowa Valley of Idaho and Oregon. In 1877, President Grant opened the valley to white settlement, and the Nez Perce were given thirty days in which to move to the Lapwai Reservation. The government sent the one-armed soldier-chief, General Oliver Otis Howard, to clear all Nez Perce out of Wallowa Valley. Chief Joseph, in a succession of shrewd military actions, outmaneuvered ten pursuing units of the U.S. Army until his outnumbered band, sick, starving, and tired, finally surrendered after a seventeen hundred mile, one hundred eight day fighting retreat. On October 8, 1877, Chief Joseph made his noble speech, "from where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.
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| User ReviewCharlotte Oone of the best movies of the horrors against Native Americans |
| User ReviewSheila SThis government infuriates me every time I watch this, yet they give the Mexicans everything , illegal or not. |
| User ReviewDonald WEmotional dramatic version. Like to see an updated version |
| User ReviewDon SI'm sure its a fine film; Jim Jones mentioned it during the Jonestown Massacre Death Tape. |
| User ReviewAdam WGreat movie about Chief Joseph. His famous word "As surely as the sun will come tomorrow I will fight no more forever." |
| User ReviewTim SVery good movie. I need to see this again. |
| User ReviewEric LIt's a hoot. It has that odd racism when western films try to portray the aboriginal, but it means well, and it's actually an engaging story. Good fight and battle scene, a bit of almost laughable melodrama, but all around a solid film for an evening or afternoon. I watched this on 16mm so it definitely enhanced to experience. |