Chief Seattle’s Reply to the “Great White Chief” in Washington


	Chief Seattle’s Reply to the “Great White Chief” in Washington

kwonsu

4-16-2007 9:35 PM

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chief seattle, ecology, life, native american, people

kwonsu says:

This is a very small part of such a wonderful letter. I strongly encourage all you to follow the link and read the complete letter. It is worth, I guarantee it.

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4-20-2007 6:18 PM

Rasmus

I really love this speech and its spirit. It is a fictional speech, invented by a (white) journalist. But this does not matter; those thoughts are of high human value.

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