Movie Review: ****I Will Fight No More Forever (1975)

This is a made for TV movie telling the story of the forced removal of the Nez Perce from their lands in the Walla Walla Valley.  The Nez Perce and Chief Joseph (Ned Romero) resisted the removal.  The had previously been promised this area.  The man in charge of bringing him in was General Oliver O. Howard (James Whitmore) of Civil War fame.  Captain Wood (Sam Elliot) supported him throughout.  There were times when the press, and politicians and the community at large were all murmuring about Howard's efforts, as a band of only 100 seemed to be too difficult for him.  Plenty of opportunity for Elliot to theorize on how it was wrong to chase the Nez Perce.  this concludes with Chief Joseph's famous speech in which he delineates all those who are dead, and then announces he will not fight no more.