Editing Chief Seattle (section)

== Name ==
The name Seattle is an anglicization of his name in his native Lushootseed language, {{Langx|lut|siʔaɬ|label=none}}.<ref name="Dictionary">{{cite book |last1=Bates |first1=Dawn |title=Lushootseed Dictionary |last2=Hess |first2=Thom |last3=Hilbert |first3=Vi |author-link3=Vi Hilbert |publisher=[[University of Washington Press]] |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-295-97323-4 |location=Seattle |pages=203 |oclc=29877333}}</ref> According to [[Upper Skagit Indian Tribe|Upper Skagit]] elder [[Vi Hilbert]], his name was traditionally pronounced {{Langx|lut|siʔaƛ̕|label=none}}. After his baptism in 1852, he gained the [[Christian name|baptismal name]] of '''Noah Seattle'''.<ref name="HistoryLink">{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Greg Kenneth |date=2003-01-18 |title=Chief Seattle (Seattle, Chief Noah [born Si?al 178?-1866]) |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/5071 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=[[HistoryLink]]}}</ref>

In English, his name is often also spelled '''Si'ahl''', '''Sealth''', '''Seathl''' or '''See-ahth''' as an attempt to be more accurate to the Lushootseed pronunciation. There is no "''th''" sound in the Lushootseed language.<ref name="HistoryLink" />