This #NativeAmericanHeritageDay we honor Chief Seattle, who led the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes when the first Euro-American settlers arrived in the Puget Sound region in the 1850s. His name, as written in his native Lushootseed language, is spelled siʔal. The “ʔ” sound is a glottal stop that exists in the English language only as the pause between “Uh oh.” Listen to an audio recording of Skagit Elder Vi Hilbert giving the correct pronunciation of Chief Seattle's name in Lushootseed, courtesy

Chief Sealth (Seattle): The Suquamish and Duwamish Peoples