Chief Joseph (1840–1904) was a leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce, a tribe from the interior Pacific Northwest. When the United States forcibly removed the tribe from their lands in Oregon to a reservation in the Idaho territory, Chief Joseph resisted. After his eventual surrender, Chief Joseph traveled the country, giving speeches about the injustices inflicted on his people and hoping they could return to their lands. He died in 1904.