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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.
As the uncle of Seattle, he was also an influence in Seattle's life and war campaigns. [11] Kitsap Peninsula [7] and Kitsap County are named after Kitsap, according to modern and contemporary historians. [3] [20] [27] [7] According to Evans, the county held an election to decide a new name for then-called Slaughter County. Kitsap was the name ...
At least two pretexts for war soon came to pass and a war party was organized. Because Chief Kitsap, the Suquamish war chief, was either dead or unable to lead, Chief Seattle, for whom the city of Seattle was named, [10] became the leader of the war against the Chimakum. [2] The Suquamish under Chief Seattle were assisted by about 150 Klallam ...
Protesters march through downtown Seattle in September 2023 after body camera footage was released of a police officer joking about the death of Jaahnavi Kandula, a 23-year-old woman hit and ...
The Battle of Seattle was a January 26, 1856, attack by Native American tribesmen upon Seattle, Washington. [2] At the time, Seattle was a 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.
Seattle interim police Chief Sue Rahr fired Officer Daniel Auderer on Wednesday for the comments he made in the hours after the January 2023 death of Jaahnavi Kandula, The Seattle Times reported ...
A Seattle police officer has been fired over the “dehumanizing laughter” and “cruel comments” he made after the 2023 death of an Indian graduate student who was struck by a police vehicle ...
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.