Perspectives

This part of the study guide will give you some ideas that you can use to put “Selling Our Land” by Chief Seattle into a broader perspectiv…

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Periodical perspective and current issues

Supposedly delivered in 1854, the speech came just before the Puget Sound War which started in 1855 over land rights, a topic with which the speech is concerned. At that time, the US government was pursuing treaties and deals with local tribes with the purpose of expanding its control over American territories. This was…

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Textual perspective

We encourage you to think about other texts that you have read or studied that you can compare with “Selling Our Land”, either regarding themes or style.

Some of Barack Obama’s speeches mention the need to tackle environmental issues and global warming. Obama mentions this in bo…