How Can One Sell the Air?: Chief Seattle's Vision

by Eli Gifford (Editor), Eleanor Dale Evans (Illustrator), Jerry Lee Hutchens (Illustrator)

Chief Seattle’s impassioned plea to respect “the Sacred Web of Life” became an inspiration to many. But what did he really say? Here is the evolution of the speech from the one recorded by Dr. Henry Smith at the time it was delivered to two twentieth-century adaptations that made Chief Seattle famous. This expanded edition includes the history of the region at that time along with the culture of the Suquamish then and now. The text is enriched with rare photographs of nineteenth-century village life, many from the Suquamish Tribal archives.

Genres: Native American, History

96 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 2005

Reviews

[Connie D · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a poignant little book with three translations of Chief Seattle's famous speech about relations between "white men" and "red men" and the future of Native Americans in the Seattle area. It's beautiful, poetic, thoughtful, and sad...

It was fascinating to read the different translations, all striking and powerful in their own ways; I was not bored by repetition.

Good photos as well.