Chief Seattle

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Duwamish leader Native American leader Suquamish leader person

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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Chief Seattle canonical	18
Chief Sealth	3
Chief Seattle (Si’ahl)	1
Duwamish leader Chief Sealth	1

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 (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seattle, Washington, United States → namedAfter → Chief Seattle ⓘ

subject surface form: Seattle

Suquamish → notableLeader → Chief Seattle ⓘ

Princess Angeline → father → Chief Seattle ⓘ

Suquamish Cemetery → hasGraveOf → Chief Seattle ⓘ

Suquamish Cemetery → hasNotablePersonBuried → Chief Seattle ⓘ

Suquamish Cemetery → commemorates → Chief Seattle ⓘ

Duwamish people → notableLeader → Chief Seattle ⓘ

Sealth → alsoKnownAs → Chief Seattle ⓘ

Duwamish → hasHistoricLeader → Chief Seattle ⓘ

Seattle → namedAfter → Chief Seattle ⓘ

Suquamish people → notableLeader → Chief Seattle ⓘ

Suquamish people → namedAfter → Chief Seattle ⓘ

subject surface form: Seattle

Kikisoblu → father → Chief Seattle ⓘ

Kikisoblu → notableRelative → Chief Seattle ⓘ

Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation → hasHistoricLeader → Chief Seattle ⓘ

Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center → dedicatedTo → Chief Seattle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chief Seattle (Si’ahl)

Si’ahl → alsoKnownAs → Chief Seattle ⓘ

Chief Sealth Trail in Seattle → namedAfter → Chief Seattle ⓘ

subject surface form: Chief Sealth Trail

this entity surface form: Chief Sealth

Chief Sealth Trail in Seattle → namedAfter → Chief Seattle ⓘ

subject surface form: Chief Sealth Trail

Chief Sealth Trail in Seattle → namedFor → Chief Seattle ⓘ

subject surface form: Chief Sealth Trail

this entity surface form: Duwamish leader Chief Sealth

Chief Sealth Trail in Seattle → honors → Chief Seattle ⓘ

subject surface form: Chief Sealth Trail

this entity surface form: Chief Sealth

Chief Sealth International High School in Seattle → namedAfter → Chief Seattle ⓘ

subject surface form: Chief Sealth International High School

this entity surface form: Chief Sealth

Suquamish, Washington → historicHomeOf → Chief Seattle ⓘ