Author:Chief Seattle

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Chief Seattle
(1786–1866)

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Native American: Suquamish Tribe (Suquamish) and Dkhw'Duw'Absh (Duwamish) chief who pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers. Best remembered for a speech arguing in favor of ecological responsibility and respect of Native Americans' land rights which had been attributed to him

Works

Chief Seattle's Speech, transl. by Henry A. Smith (1887)

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