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Chief Seattle Biography

Chief Seattle (c. 1786 – June 7, 1866) was a Suquamish Tribe (Suquamish) and Dkhw'Duw'Absh (Duwamish) chief. A prominent figure among his people, he pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers, forming a personal relationship with "Doc" Maynard. The city of Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington, was named after him. A widely publicized speech arguing in favor of ecological responsibility and respect of Native Americans' land rights had been attributed to him. However, what he actually said has been lost through translation and rewriting.

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The earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.

Befalls, Earth, Men, Mother, Son, Sons

All things are connected like the blood which unites one family.

Animal Rights, Blood, Connected, Unites, Web Of Life

How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Every part of the Earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clear and humming insect is holy in the memory and experience of my people. The perfumed flowers are our sisters, the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in the meadows, the body heat of the pony, and the man, all belong to the same family.

Body, Brother, Clear, Horse, Memories, Sell

Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless. Your time of decay may be distant, but it will surely come, for even the White Man. . . cannot be exempt from the common destiny.

Come, Destiny, Like, Men, Regret

The whites, too, shall pass - perhaps sooner than other tribes. Continue to contaminate your own bed, and you might suffocate in your own waste.

Bed, Might, Native American, Sooner, Tribes, Whites

How can your God become our God and renew our prosperity and awaken in us dreams of returning greatness?

God, Dream, Greatness, Renew, Become

The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father.

Father, Murmur, Voice, Water

We know that the white man does not understand our ways. One portion of land is the same to him as the next, for he is a stranger who comes in the night and takes from the land whatever he needs. The earth is not his brother, but his enemy, and when he has conquered it, he moves on.

Brother, Earth, Men, Moves, Moving

The air is precious to the red man, for all things share the same breath-the beast, the tree, the man, they all share the same breath. The white man does not seem to notice the air he breathes. Like a man dying for many days, he is numb to the stench.

Air, Men, Numb, Things, White

. . . the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in the meadows, the body heat of the pony and man - all belong to the same family. . . . The White Man must treat the beasts of this land as his brothers.

Brother, Crests, Family, Horse, Land, Men

I will not dwell on, nor mourn over, our untimely decay, nor reproach my paleface brothers with hastening it, as we too may have been somewhat to blame.

Blame, Brother, Decay, Hastening, May, Untimely

To harm the earth is to heap contempt on its creator.

Contempt, Creator, Earth, Harm, Web Of Life

If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth.

Connected, Die, Happens, Loneliness, Men, Son

Contaminate your bed and you will one night suffocate in your own waste.

Bed, Night, Suffocate, Waste

When the green hills are covered with talking wires and the wolves no longer sing, what good will the money you paid for our land be then

Covered, Land, Longer, Money, Talking, Wire

How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land?. . . The end of living and the beginning of survival.

Beginning, Land, Living, Military, Sky, Warmth

Like a man who has been dying for many days, a man in your city is numb to the stench.

Cities, Dying, Man, Men, Numb, Stench

We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumes flowers are our sisters; the deer, the horse, the great eagle: these are our brothers. All things are connected like the blood which unites one's family.

Brother, Connected, Family, Flower, Flowers, Horse

There is no such place as away.

Away, Earth, Earth Day, Place

All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man. . . the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.

Air, Life, Men, Native American, Same, Tree

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