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Chief Seattle Bibliography


Chief Seattle, after whom our city was named, was a renowned speaker and leader of his Suquamish/Duamish people in the 1800s. 

Links to external Web sites

  • UW Library's "American Indians of the Pacific Northwest"

  • Wikipedia's entry on "Chief Seattle"




  • Chief Seattle, 1864.
    Photo by E.M. Sammis; UW Libraries Special Collections #NA1511

    Publications
    Adams, Randy, Page, Rich
    1994 "Chief Seattle and the Puget Sound Buffalo Wallow," Mythology of Chief Seattle, Borealis 5 (1) Spring: 50.
    Anderson, Eva Greenslit
    1950 Chief Seattle. Caldwell, Idaho: Caston Printers (children's literature).
    Arrowsmith, William
    1969 Speech of Chief Seattle, January 9th, 1955. Arion, A Journal of Humanities and the Classics (4): 461-464..
    Bagley, Clarence B.  
    1931 "Chief Seattle and Angeline," Washington Historical Quarterly 22:243-275..
    Boring, Mel  
    1978 Sealth. Dillon Press (children's literature).
    Buerge, David  
    1992 Chief Seattle. Seattle: Sasquatch Books..
    Carlson, Frank  
    1903 Chief Sealth. Bulletin of the University of Washington, Series 3, History Series no. 2 (originally an M.A. thesis)..
    Dittmer, Allen  
    1995 "We May Be Brothers After All," Chief Seattle 1854. Arizona English Bulletin. 37 (3) Spring.
    Hilbert, Vi  
    1991 "When Chief Seattle (Si'al) Spoke," in Robin K. Wright (ed) A Time of Gathering: Native Heritage in Washington State. Burke Museum & University of Washington Press: 259-266..
    Jones-Malcolm  
    1992 Just too good to be true (speech by Chief Seattle). Newsweek. May 4 119 (18): 68 (1)
    Kaiser, Rudolf.  
    1987 "A Fifth Gospel, Almost": Chief Seattle's Speech(es): American Origins and European Reception. in Christian F. Feest (ed) Indians and Europe: An Interdisciplinary Collection of Essays. Aachen:" Edition Herodot, Rader Verlag..
    Marsa, Linda  
    1992 "Earth" Omni Dec. 1 15 (3): 18.
    Metcalfe, James V.  
    1970 Chief Seattle. Seattle: Catholic Northwest Progress Publications..
    Miller, Lenore  
    1994 Environmental Problems on Native Land. Nature Study Mar. 1 46: 34.
    Montgomery, E.  
    1966 Chief Seattle: Great Statesman. Champaign, Ill.: Garrard Publication Co. (children's literature)..
    Museum of History and Industry
    1990 The Famous Oration of Chief Seattle. Seattle: Museum of History and Industry (brochure)..
    Shelton, Ruth  
    1954 The Memories of Ruth Shelton, taped by Leon Metcalf on May 20, 1954. Unpublished manuscript, comprising 37 pages of Lushootseed text, translated into English by Vi Hilbert (taqwseblu) in 1981..
    Smith, Dr. H.A.  
    1887 Early Reminiscences No. 10. Scraps from a diary - Chief Seattle - a gentleman by instinct - his native eloquence etc. etc. Seattle Sunday Star, October 29..
    Stekel, Peter  
    1996 "Warriors & Chiefs" Feb. 1 Wild West 8 (5).
    Verwilghen, Albert Felix
    1924 Chief Sealth ca. 1786-1866, in the letters of the first Christian missionaries of the Puget Sound area. Seattle.
    Wilson, Paul  
    1992 "What Chief Seattle Said," Environmental Law 22 (4): 1451.




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