Chief Joseph

I always enjoy painting Chief Joseph. He wears the dignity, pride and strength he brought to his people and the world. outsourced: "Chief Joseph (March 3, 1840 – September 21, 1904), was a leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce, Chief Joseph's life remains iconic of the American Indian Wars. For his passionate, principled resistance to his tribe's forced removal, Joseph became renowned as a humanitarian and peacemaker."