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jan 4, 1877 - Nez Perce natives in NE Oregon (1877)

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Chief Joseph surrenders breakaway band of ~700 Natives after long journey toward Canada (~1.7k miles); Hoped to rendezvous w/ Sitting Bull who took refuge there after Little Bighorn; Betrayed into believing they would return to ancestral lands in Idaho, sent to reservation in Kansas instead, 40% of natives died of disease, survivors return to Idaho eventually

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28 Oct 2018
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Date:

jan 4, 1877
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~ 148 years ago