Build Background: In 1871, when Chief Joseph's father was dying, he urged his son, "You must stop your ears whenever you are asked to sigh a treaty selling your home . . . This country holds your father's body. Never sell the bones of your father and mother." Taken from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt HMHCOAs you read consider how his father's words might have affected Chief Joseph when he surrendered
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| by Howard Terpning |
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Chief Joseph Lessons Grade 11
Nez Perce Documentary
