Long Critical analysis of chief Seattle speech
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Chief Seattle's speech reflects his concern for the exploitation of nature at the hand of the whites who think they can possess land and hence propose him to sell the land that belonged to them. The Chief is unable to make peace with the idea that anyone can buy land. As per him, the land belongs to everyone, like the air, the sunshine, and the flowing rivers. Can anyone buy those as well! He expects if the whites take their land, his people will be cared for and they would not be denied reservations. He is pained at the deterioration of nature and its resources and expects that the whites would take due care of them. He recalls his ancestors, his people who were proud wanderers of the valleys, hills, and shores and feels that to mourn over them is useless. His tribe may not last longer than the white's but he feels death is just a state, a change of the worlds. His tribe would still throng the places once they loved so much.