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In 1879, Chief Joseph of the Nez Percé, who was known to his
own people as In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat (Thunder-Traveling-Over-the-Mountains),
traveled to Washington, D.C., to negotiate the return of his homeland, a
swath of North America that spanned from the Bitterroot Mountains of western
Montana to the Wallowas of eastern Oregon. While he was visiting, he granted
an interview to reporters and began by saying, “My friends, I have been asked
to show you my heart.” What followed was a passionate polemic for equality,
circling back over and over again to the idea that all men are brothers, and
should have equal rights on Earth. Almost 150 years later, it is an idea that
remains worth fighting for.
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