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  • 2004-05 Winner: “Chief Seattle’s Real Message” by David Wu

    Date: 2005.09.15 | Category: Selected Essays | Response: 0

    “Chief Seattle’s Real Message” by David Wu PDF

    “There was a time when our people covered the land as the waves of a wind… but that time long since passed away with the greatness of tribes that are now but a mournful memory.”
    –Attributed to Chief Seattle

    Controversy surrounds the speech Chief Seattle delivered in 1855 during a land treaty negotiation with Governor Issac Stevens.  On one hand, we worship Seattle’s eloquent words for their unique insight on the Native American perspective.  On the other hand, debate rages over the authenticity of the speech’s only existing recording, a reproduction produced by Dr. Henry Smith thirty years after the event. Many facts about Smith’s situation still remain clouded.

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The editorial committee of e.g., UW’s online journal of 100-level writing, is pleased to announce the winning essays for 2009-10: Paige Edmiston, “The Tell Tale Word: The Role of Authorship in Literary Analysis” and Jessica Oscoy, “The Irony of Higher Education.” Submissions for the 2011-12 academic year are currently being accepted until the end of September 2012.

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