Chief Seattle's Response

[ultimatetravelwriter]

Powerful, graceful and heartfelt words of the Chief of a once mighty and fruitful nation . . . wow! Our generation should feel moved to honor the spirit of Mother Earth and the Great Father Spirit of the Sky who made us all brothers and sisters of these Holy people that were exterminated without mercy and whose lands we still rape and and plunder.

[david1austin]

@MrBeautifulba1:

search the web for "Ted Perry version Chief Seattle Speech".  I believe this is what you were referring to

for that speech, search YouTube for "Wisdom of Chief Seattle"

[david1austin]

wonderful

search the web for "Chief Seattle's Speech HistoryLink Essay 1427" for the full text, and some background

[MrBeautifulba1]

@machwon What ?? Are you serious ?? WTF ??

[machwon]

@MrBeautifulba1 Oops, wrong speech. It was the "How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land?" one written by a screenwriter. This one is probably legit. My bad. :P

[anjasingt]

always makes me cry....remember when this movie was shown to me when i was 15...it changed my life forever...why could they not live ? why did they have die and being killed in genocide? they knew how to be happy and live in peace and harmony with everything....the white men never deserved this land...he still burns and kills and destroys all living beings....

[60Lakota]

love this words !! <3

[AwakenedSword]

‎"There will come a time when the earth is sick and the animals and plants begin to die. Then the Indians will regain their spirit and gather people of all nations, colors and beliefs to join together in the fight to save the Earth: The Rainbow Warriors."

- Ancient Native American prophecy -

[anjasingt]

thank you!!!!

[coolkyd383]

I pray for the sad soul who disliked this, for he is truly lost to not be moved by these words

[Lugmag001]

Pale Faces and Walking Eagle do much harm to the Tribes of the open plains and blue skies. Pale faces and walking Eagle speak with forked tongues when smoking Peace Pipe

[whodais]

Today may be overcast with clouds, but tommorow is another day for our breathern to stand up again and help those outside our race see that we are still here and that we mean well.

[GABEUDEU]

Absolutely wonderful and so  deep....

[jamesboru]

What is that wonderful music?

[two0sixTay]

His people, My people still suffer to this day. The Gov't still denies the Duwamish people the rights afforded them by the point Elliott treaty of 1859.

[chakrachaser]

I am a old man, but each time I listen, see, feel these words, I become a lost child, crying for the wisdom, truth they speak of. I am over whelmed !

[anjasingt]

thank you for your kind words....i feel the same....always makes me cry so much....remember when this movie was shown to me when i was 15...it changed my life forever...

[sweetypie000]

only savages here is the whiteman

the whiteman - what a fuck up.

[chakrachaser]

@sweetypie000 I agree with you, the white culture though rich in materialism has lost their way. They are not connected to the mother earth, do not understand or have forgotten the very heart beat of nature. Even their bible talks of this, "it is easier to pass a camel through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven" Heaven is that connection to our roots, the very pulse of nature, life, mother earth to whom we belong!

[coolanddark]

Great speech and video!

[mystenigma]

some see the future, some the past....

[MsJunglebird]

Magnificent, deeply touching, Thank you for sharing

[aSimplePotter]

Chief Seattle never uttered those words. They were, in fact, written by a screen writer, Ted Perry, in 1971 for a film about pollution and the plight of the Earth, called "Home".

[Mantisisland]

Funny thing is... a white guy wrote this!

[NWNative147]

@Mantisisland no he it was interpreted by him, Chief Seattle gave this speech, but they do think that he misinterpreted it a little.

[bundangbear]

Chief Seattle had the rare ability to combine political oratory with poetry. He was a unique orator that we need learn more about.

[bajaninthesun]

"Nation follows nation like the waves of the sea"

Mexican!

[7milesolider]

@bajaninthesun I am a Native American, I agree with you, this land will soon be Mexico, You are our cousins, one blood, one soul,one heart, Just try to respect and take care of this beautiful land better than the whites did.

[AmanitaPersicina]

The correct term is American Indians, since all people born in the US are considered "Native Americans" since they are native to North America.

I just read about this the other day, so figured I would share.

God Bless

[kbarwell]

I am white. Apart from my own Bible, these are the most moving words I have ever heard. My God and Creator please forgive us for what we have done.

[ChrissyMontagne]

All polluted and wasted for convenience and "comfort"... They annihilated this for their noxious coffee, their R.E.I. fashion (only worn on the dirty streets) and their stupid fucking, childish, & ignorant sports and religion!!!

[maryleighton]

This was in response to The President in this Chief's time....timeless 100+ years later....I honor this Man in the "prayers"...wee sing...thank you for a great piece of history and inspiration

[GazP2014]

I like this *******

[Rhythmrancher1]

Deep mystical and prophetic message of love ~namaste~ peacefulness ~metta

[Ginne86]

History is written by the victors

[zzinglish53]

History is the rear view mirror; the future better be written by vision & compassion, or there may not be one.

When the power of love replaces the love of power, earth will know peace...

Jimi Hendrix

"I know not what weapons WW3 will be fought with, but WW4 will surely be fought with stones and sticks" (which may glow in the dark)

Einstein

Namaste'

[bundangbear]

@zzinglish53 Ironic Hendrix was from Seattle.

[TheOriginalEntz]

"we are two different races with different origins and separate destinies. there is little in common between us. your religion ..."

Uh... our origins and destinies are the one and the same for we share this great blue ball in space. this religion is not ours. It is a shame that the chief never met proper white people. A shame...

[brain4aheart]

@TheOriginalEntz - 6:53 "We may be brothers after all" Seattle new his shizzle Kimo Sabe

[cebevel]

All I can do is hope for my people is that we one day will wake up and embrace the wise ways of the people of this great land. It could be the only good reason we were blessed to be in this country.

[zzinglish53]

Instead of going to the reservation, this man should have been appointed president of this country; I'm sure we'd be better off now, 160 years later.

[ArnieGrape21]

This video gives me goosebumps. And what courage it took to respond like this to their invaders and ultimate demise. Taking death with courage, respect, and knowing that they are not gone, they just become one with the Earth and live forever. Also proving that the Great Spirit favors the Red man over the white man, Such well written and soul stirring.

[sweetcaptain]

couldn't have said it better.

[Ginne86]

i could not agree with you more.

[givethanks420]

simply amazing thank you for this video

[sivaprasad2020]

After all the red man and the white man are brothers in Destiny. One perished and the other heading towards it.

[benthejrporter]

Beautiful! That's really moving. Thank you.

[marss222]

Totally awesome and still true..an excellent presentation...my heart is deeply touch

[lonewolf13scott]

Powerful words that still hold true today for all people

[sergioutside]

Last four lines:

Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless.

Dead - did I say?

There is no death.

Only a change in worlds!

[didiradev]

Great video!

[BrilliantPurity]

Thank you for this!

[jonlearn]

Thanks for posting..an extremely well done interpretive video.. great meaning for today...timeless!!!

[jnolfo]

This messsage, spoken over 150 years ago, still holds true. Amazing, thanks for posting this video.

[prisha91755]

I wish I could hear and understand this letter in it's native tongue.