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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 .
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 name "Seattle" for the city (c. 1853) [34] is an Anglicization of si'áb Si'ahl, the Duwamish and Suquamish chief (si'áb, high status man). [35] The name for the city is attributed to 'Doc' Maynard, a complex figure, who named the city after Chief Seattle, an enigmatic one. [36]
The statue was formally unveiled in Tilikum Place by Myrtle Loughery, a great-great-granddaughter of Chief Seattle, on November 13, 1912. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The statue was the first commissioned in Seattle [ 3 ] [ 5 ] and only the city's second piece of public art in all.
Years later, Seattle schoolchildren raised money for a headstone. [4] The Chronicle of Holy Names Academy reported: May 29, 1896. With the death of Angeline Seattle died the last of the direct descendants of the great Chief Seattle for whom this city was named. Angeline—Princess Angeline—as she was generally called, was famous all over the ...
Chief Seattle Club specializes in addressing the disproportionately high number of single adults who experience homelessness chronically in the Indigenous community due to disenfranchisement ...
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 ...
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