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.

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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

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Sealth alsoKnownAs Chief Seattle
Suquamish Cemetery commemorates Chief Seattle
Princess Angeline father Chief Seattle
Suquamish Cemetery hasGraveOf Chief Seattle
Duwamish hasHistoricLeader Chief Seattle
subject surface form: Seattle
Duwamish people notableLeader Chief Seattle
Suquamish notableLeader Chief Seattle