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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: June 29, 2017
Caption: tiwi∙teqis (Old Chief Joseph) Marker
Additional Description: [Captions:]
Old Joseph was a key player in the 1855 treaty negotiations. In 1863 he refused to sign the "Steal Treaty" which reduced the 1855 reservation by 90% and ceded all the Wallowa country to the United States.

After his original grave near the present town of Wallowa was robbed twice, Old Chief Joseph was reburied at this cemetery on September 26, 1926.
Submitted: December 12, 2017, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p407941
File Size: 3.414 Megabytes

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