Hallalhotsoot
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thumb|200px|Hallalhotsoot, with his noted mix of an "American" hat with its Niimíipu ornamentation thumb|200px|Original Nez Perce territory (green) & reduced reservation of 1863 (brown)
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- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- North America
- Place of death
- Kamiah
- Occupation
- traditional leader or chief
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- Chief.Lawyer.1861.jpg
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- 1800-00-00
- date of death
- 1876-01-03
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thumb|200px|Hallalhotsoot, with his noted mix of an "American" hat with its Niimíipu ornamentation thumb|200px|Original Nez Perce territory (green) & reduced reservation of 1863 (brown)
Hallalhotsoot, also Hal-hal-tlos-tsot or "Lawyer" (c. 1797–1876) was a leader of the Niimíipu (Nez Perce) and among its most famous, after Chief Joseph. He was the son of Twisted Hair, who welcomed and befriended the exhausted Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805. His mother was a Flathead woman. Lawyer learned the languages of his parents and knew some English.
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