Wallowa is a city in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States. The population was 808 at the 2010 census. The Wallowa Valley is withi…Wallowa is a city in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States. The population was 808 at the 2010 census. The Wallowa Valley is within the traditional lands of the Nez Perce. In the late 19th century, the Wallowa band was one of more than a dozen groups who lived across the inland Northwest as members of the Nez Perce tribe. The U.S. government sent the army to force them out after they refused to sign a treaty that would have removed them from their land. Chief Joseph led tribal members more than 1,000 miles to western Montana. They repeatedly battled with the army as they fled.
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