How Can One Sell the Air?: The Manifesto of an Indian Chief (Chief Seattle's Vision)

Politics & Social Sciences

Seattle, Chief

Gifford, Eli

Cook, R. Michael

Social Sciences

Book Publishing Company, The

This moving oration, recited in 1854 during treaty negotiations with the governor of Washington Territory, is considered to be one of the greatest statements ever made regarding the relationship between a people and the earth. It is the most widely quoted speech ever given by a Native American.

Chief Seattle's Speech (1854) (Books of American Wisdom)

History

Americas

Applewood Books

A new title in the Classic Wisdom Collection by the editor of Native American Wisdom. Here are three great speeches revealing the broad panorama of the Indian experience. Includes Red Jacket's 1805 speech, Chief Seattle's 1854 speech, and Chief Joseph's 1879 speech.

The Wisdom of the Great Chiefs: The Classic Speeches of Chief Red Jacket, Chief Joseph, and Chief Seattle (The Classic Wisdom Collection)

Red Jacket (Seneca chief)

Joseph, Nez Perce Chief

New World Library

"It matters little where we pass the remnant of our days. They will not be many". A powerful lament for an imperilled way of life, the 1854 speech traditionally attributed to Chief Seattle of the Duwamish Tribe is a vital document in the history of the Indigenous peoples of North America. Chief Seattle's oration was delivered in the face of the impending loss of his people's land to the State of Washington, and it remains a profound meditation on the nature of time, colonialism, and religion. Eris Gems make available in the form of beautifully produced saddle-stitched booklets a series of outstanding short works of fiction and non-fiction.

The 1854 Oration (ERIS gems)

Eris

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