Chief Seattle's Speech Questions and Answers

What proposition of the White people does the speaker refer to in “Chief Seattle’s Speech”? Under what conditions would it be acceptable according to Seattle?

How does Chief Seattle compare the number of the tribal people with that of their white counterpart in his famous speech of 1854?

Discuss Seattle’s speech as a documentation on the way in which the white people of America have brought the Tribal people to their days of doom.

Under what condition is the good father going to protect the native people? What is meant by bristling wall of strength?

What does the speaker say about the difference of religion between the White and the Red people in Chief Seattle’s Speech, 1854?

What is ‘the common destiny’ between the tribal people and the white people that Seattle speaks about in his speech delivered in Washington in 1854? (Chief Seattle’s Speech)

How can you conclude that the native Americans are more dependent on their ancestors than the White people? Or, According to Chief Seattle, how is the white people’s attitude towards their ancestor different from that of the tribals, the natives of […]

In Chief Seattle’s speech who are referred to as ‘White Chief’, ‘Great Chief’, ‘Big Chief’ and the ‘Good Father at Washington’? Who had sent proposal of buying Red Indians’ land?

In what respects does Chief Seattle wish their father in Washington to regard the native Americans his own children, as expressed in Chief Seattle’s Speech, 1854?

Who are Haidas and Tsimshians mentioned in Chief Seattle’s Speech, 1854? In what way are they related to the Red Indians?