Chief Seattle

hmm well i really didnt like this passage as much as the previous one.

I feel like this chief dude was really close minded...i pictured like an old man who is all set in his ways unwilling to even consider changing his mind. And some of the things he said made it sound like he was all for the division and seperation of races. For example, he stated "No, we are seperate races, and we must stay seperate."

I imagine that Sa-go-ye-wat-ha would be outraged by this guy. It is pretty much the exact opposite of everything he stated in his speech.

Part of me understands why this chief would be so grouchy because his people were sort of made to feel inferior to the "white men." The whole taking over thing that our ancestors did to the indians was wrong. However, even Sa-go-ye-wat-ha was able to look past those circumstances and have grace and compassion for the white men.

I also did not like how the chief criticized the religion of the white men. I do not see what gives him the right to be so judgemental. Critical people like this are the reason that there is so much conflict between people of different religions.

I found his comments of our deceased relatives very offensive. Its nice that they have their rituals and beliefs when it comes to their forefathers, but it is so disrespectful for someone to criticize the ways in which people go about remembering those who have passed on. Everyone deals with things differently and no one has the right to belittle an individual's mourning practices. I found it rather humorous when he said "Your dead forget you and the country of their birth as soon as they go beyond the grave and walk among the stars." Im sorry am i missing something here....was he once a dead white guy, because that would be his only possible evidence to back up this accusation...haha