Chef indien de six tribus, Dumawish et Suquamish, qui a donné son nom à la ville de Seattle. - Porte-parole des négocations avec le gouvernement américain en 1854 et cosignataire du traité de paix de Point-Elliott-Mukilteo (1855). - Enregistré sous le nom de : Siattle, Noë, dans le registre de baptêmes
Note de regroupement par domaine: Histoire du reste du monde (950)
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Further Biographical Data1786?-1866
Intellectual ResponsibilityAuteur
Primary Language(s)English
NationalityUnited States
Names
HeadingSeattle, Chief used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Variant NameChef Seattle
Chief Seattle
Seathl, Chef
Seattle, Chef
Seattle, Noah
Sources
Found inLC authorities [donne : né en 1790] - http://authorities.loc.gov (2003-03-17). — Abacq - http://www.abacq.net/seattle (2003-03-17). — Paroles du Chef Seattle / ill. par Philip Rivière, 1989. — Où est l'aigle ? : lettre du grand chef indien Seattle au Président des États-Unis, 2004
Chief Si'ahl, known to settlers as Chief Seattle, became the leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish people sometime around 1810. When settlers started moving to the Elliott Bay area in the 1850s, Chief Si'ahl stayed friendly to the newcomers and urged his people to do the same. The city of Seattle was named for him. This 1864 portrait of Chief Si'ahl was made by early Seattle photographer E.M. Sammis. It is the only known photograph of the chief and has been reprinted in several different retouched versions.The original of this print is preserved at the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle. [E.M. Sammis -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chief seattle.jpg]