Contemporary Reinvention of Chief Seattle: Variant Texts of Chief Seattle's 1854 Speech
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Denise Low
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 407-421
Description
Author critically examines printed text versions of Chief Seattle’s speech, considers how factors of historical context, translation from oral performance to written text, and intended audience might influence the retelling and meaning of the speech.