The $200 Series I savings bond features Chief Joseph. Here's the Treasury Department's official release on him in regards to the savings bond program:
Chief Joseph (1840-1904), a Native American leader, is best known for his principled resistance to the U.S. government's attempts to force the Nez Perce onto a reservation. An 1863 treaty took away their lands and forced the Nez Perce and their leader into a position of resistance. Though he consistently opposed war, when conflict became inevitable Chief Joseph and other leaders led the Nez Perce on a courageous retreat in 1877 for more than a thousand miles through Montana and Idaho. After a five-day siege only 30 miles from safety, he surrendered. In his final years, Chief Joseph spoke eloquently of the injustice of United States policy toward his people and held out hope that one-day freedom and equality might come for Native Americans.
