Chief Seattle
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Chief Seattle was a 19th-century Suquamish and Duwamish leader known for his diplomacy with American settlers and his enduring legacy as a symbol of Native American wisdom and environmental stewardship.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Duwamish leader
ⓘ
Native American leader ⓘ Suquamish leader ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1780 ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Suquamish Cemetery
ⓘ
Suquamish ⓘ
surface form:
Suquamish, Washington
|
| child | Princess Angeline ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Chief Seattle Days celebration in Suquamish
ⓘ
statues and memorials in Seattle ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfConversion | c. 1848 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1866-06-07 ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Coast Salish peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Coast Salish
Duwamish ⓘ Suquamish ⓘ |
| givenName |
Sealth
ⓘ
Suquamish ⓘ
surface form:
Si’ahl
Suquamish ⓘ
surface form:
Si’ahlh
|
| hasDescendant | Princess Angeline ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Chief ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
figure in American environmentalist discourse
ⓘ
namesake of the city of Seattle ⓘ subject of famous but partly apocryphal environmental speech ⓘ symbol of Native American rights and sovereignty ⓘ |
| inspiredNameOf |
Seattle, Washington, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Seattle, Washington
|
| knownFor |
oratory emphasizing relationship between people and land
ⓘ
peaceful relations with early white settlers in Puget Sound ⓘ |
| leaderOf |
Duwamish people
ⓘ
Suquamish ⓘ
surface form:
Suquamish people
|
| nativeLanguage | Lushootseed ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with environmental stewardship ideals
ⓘ
diplomacy with American settlers ⓘ leadership among Suquamish and Duwamish peoples ⓘ role in early history of Seattle, Washington ⓘ symbol of Native American wisdom ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Blake Island
ⓘ
Puget Sound ⓘ present-day Washington State ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Port Madison Reservation
ⓘ
near present-day Suquamish, Washington ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
traditional Coast Salish beliefs ⓘ |
| residence |
Port Madison Reservation
ⓘ
Puget Sound region ⓘ |
| spokeLanguage |
Chinook Jargon
ⓘ
Lushootseed ⓘ some English ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Seattle