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Seattle (c. 1780~86 – June 7, 1866; Lushootseed: siʔaɬ, IPA: [ˈsiʔaːɬ]; usually styled as Chief Seattle) was a leader of the Duwamish and Suquamish peoples. A leading figure among his people, he pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers, forming a personal relationship with Doc Maynard.
Henry A. Smith (1830 – August 16, 1915) was a physician, poet, legislator and early settler of Seattle, best known today for his flowery translation of a speech by Chief Seattle (or Sealth or Si'ahl) that is still in print.
In 2010 the District Superintendent designated Chief Sealth as the first "International" high school, which meant that its curriculum would include a multi-cultural education. [4] Chief Sealth International High School is an accredited International Baccalaureate (IB) school, offering IB courses and the full IB diploma program since 2007. [5]
She was born around 1820 to Chief Seattle in what is now Rainier Beach in Seattle, Washington. She was named Angeline by Catherine Broshears Maynard, the second wife of Doc Maynard . In 1856, during the Puget Sound War , she is said to have conveyed a warning from her father to the citizens of Seattle regarding an imminent attack by a large ...
The only known photograph of Chief Seattle, taken in 1864. Chief Seattle's speech is one that Chief Seattle probably gave in 1854 to an audience including the first Governor of Washington Territory, the militaristic Isaac Stevens. Though the speech itself is lost to history, many putative versions exist, none of which is particularly reliable.
The Battle of Seattle was a January 26, 1856, attack by Native American tribesmen upon Seattle, Washington. [2] At the time, Seattle was a small, four-year-old settlement in the Washington Territory that had recently named itself after Chief Seattle (Sealth), a leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish peoples of central Puget Sound. [3]
What brought me to this talkpage is a discussion somewhere in it - p.20 or so - about this Chief Seattle really being "Sealth II" and that there have been other Sealth's since; it's a hereditary name, not sure if it's still "alive" (that there's someone who owns it, names being property in indigenous cultures hereabouts, though more formally ...
Sheila Lambert; Personal information; Born July 21, 1980 (age 44)Seattle, Washington, U.S.: Listed height: 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Career information; High school: Chief Sealth (Seattle, Washington)