Chief Si'ahl, known to many as Chief Seattle:
“We are part of this earth, and it is part of us.”
He lived in deep relationship with the land, not as its owner, but as its relative.

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A view of the Seattle skyline, including the Space Needle, from behind the head of a totem pole on Blake Island

A view of the Seattle skyline, including the Space Needle, from Blake Island, rumored to be the birthplace of Chief Si'ahl, namesake of the city of Seattle.

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