Chief Joseph Cemetery
Nespelem, Okanogan County, Washington
This is the stone over the burial place of Chief Joseph, leader of the
Nez Perce Indians, who was exiled to a reservation in the Northern Washington
Territory in May of 1885. Following many battles, Chief Joseph and his
small band of followers, a total of about 150 were sent to the Colville
Indian Reservation, now headquartered at Nespelem, Okanogan County WA,
to live out the remainder of their years.
Photograph Copyright © 2000, Maggie Rail
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