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Arrowsmith attempted to get a sense of how Chief Seattle might have spoken, and to establish some "likely perimeters of the language." [1] But the massive fame of Chief Seattle's speech is probably due to a poster printed in 1972, which shows a picture of Chief Seattle overlaid with words from his "letter" to "the president in Washington".
Seattle (c. 1780~86 – June 7, 1866; Lushootseed: siʔaɬ, IPA: [ˈsiʔaːɬ]; usually styled as Chief Seattle) was a leader of the Duwamish and Suquamish peoples. A leading figure among his people, he pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers, forming a personal relationship with Doc Maynard .
In 1852, Smith traveled from Wooster, Ohio to Portland, Oregon Territory in a wagon train with his mother (Abigail Teaff Smith, b. 1792) and sister. In 1853, he settled at the north end of Elliott Bay, at what came to be known as "Smith's Cove" [2] (later Smith Cove), deciding that it was a likely spot for docks and that the flat area was a terminus for the perennially rumored transcontinental ...
[citation needed] The ending words were originally spoken by filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin in 1972 and were probably inspired by a famous speech made by Chief Seattle to the whites when they came to buy the lands of Seattle. [5] A music video was made for "Conquistadores" which had some air play on MTV's Headbangers Ball. It is also the first to ...
Trump dubbed Carr "a warrior for free speech," and in response, Carr pledged to "dismantle the censorship cartel and restore free speech rights for everyday Americans." But Carr appears all too ...
(The Center Square) – Shon Barnes was announced on Dec. 20 as the next chief of the Seattle Police Department, but he won't assume his new job right away. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell’s office ...
Chief Seattle's speech; J. John Brown's last speech; L. Abraham Lincoln's Peoria speech; Lincoln's House Divided Speech; Lincoln's Lost Speech; R. Remarks After the ...
A corny love letter that got Seattle’s police chief fired for lying about a fling with an ... The note was part of a 40-page investigation into the career-ending affair by the city’s Office of ...