Sealth

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Sealth, more widely known as Chief Seattle, was a prominent 19th-century Suquamish and Duwamish leader in the Pacific Northwest renowned for his diplomacy with American settlers and the city of Seattle being named in his honor.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American leader
human
tribal chief
alsoKnownAs Chief Seattle
Si’ahl
associatedWith Duwamish Tribe
Suquamish Tribe
burialPlace Suquamish, Washington
centuryOfActivity 19th century
commemoratedBy Chief Sealth International High School in Seattle
Chief Sealth Trail in Seattle
city of Seattle, Washington
statues and memorials in Seattle
countryOfCitizenship United States
culture Coast Salish
ethnicGroup Duwamish people
Suquamish people
gender male
givenName Sealth
hasLegacy subject of numerous speeches and writings attributed to him
symbol of Native American presence in Seattle
hasPart role in early relations between Native peoples and settlers in the Puget Sound area
hasTitle Chief
inferredBirthCentury 18th century
inferredDeathCentury 19th century
influenced relations between Native American tribes and the U.S. government in the Pacific Northwest
languageSpoken Chinook Jargon
English
Lushootseed
nativeLanguage Lushootseed
notableEvent early treaty negotiations in the Puget Sound area
notableFor diplomacy with American settlers
having the city of Seattle named after him
placeOfBirth Puget Sound region
placeOfDeath Port Madison Indian Reservation
positionHeld leader of the Duwamish people
leader of the Suquamish people
region Pacific Northwest
religion Roman Catholicism
traditional Coast Salish beliefs
residence Puget Sound region

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Chief Seattle
Sealth
givenName

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