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'''''Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt''''' (or '''''hinmatóowyalahtq̓it''''' in [[Americanist phonetic notation|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 [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|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.
Chief Joseph led his band of Nez Perce during the most tumultuous period in their history, when they were [[Indian removal|forcibly removed]] by the [[United States federal government]] from their ancestral lands in the [[Wallowa Valley]] of northeastern [[Oregon]] onto a significantly reduced [[Indian reservation|reservation]] in the [[Idaho Territory]]. A series of violent encounters with white settlers in the spring of 1877 culminated in those Nez Perce who resisted removal, including Joseph's band and an allied band of the [[Palouse people|Palouse]] tribe, fleeing the United States in an attempt to reach [[political asylum]] alongside the [[Lakota people]], who had sought refuge in Canada under the leadership of [[Sitting Bull]].
At least 800 men, women, and children led by Joseph and other Nez Perce chiefs were pursued by the [[U.S. Army]] under General [[Oliver O. Howard]] in a {{convert|1170|mi|-2|adj=on}} fighting retreat known as the [[Nez Perce War]]. The skill with which the Nez Perce fought and the manner in which they conducted themselves in the face of incredible adversity earned them widespread admiration from their military opponents and the American public, and coverage of the war in [[U.S. newspapers]] led to popular recognition of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce.
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