Nez Perce Chief Joseph (aka Joseph I and II) / Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, popularly known as Chief Joseph, or Young Joseph, or Joseph II (1840-1904), succeeded his father Tuekakas (Chief Joseph the Elder), in 1871, as the leader of the Wallowa band of Nez Perce, a tribe indigenous to the Wallowa Valley in northeastern Oregon, USA. He led his band during the most tumultuous period in their contemporary history (...). Wikipedia