Word: wallowa
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Resisting U.S. efforts to move them out of Oregon's Wallowa Valley and resettle them on an Idaho reservation, some 750 Nez Perce men, women and children led by Chief Joseph had staged an incredible 1,700-mile retreat across four states, fighting off 2,000 U.S. troops along the way. Finally, seeking sanctuary in Canada, they were within 35 miles of their goal when they were surrounded, and Chief Joseph decided to surrender. With his surrender, the last major Indian resistance to the encroaching white man in the Northwest was broken...