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Sno-King School Retirees and Humanities Washington invite the community to a conversation with David Buerge, a member of the 2019-2021 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau, Thursday, Feb. 18, from 1-3 p.m., via Zoom.

Registration for "Who Was Chief Seattle?" is required.

Chief Seattle wrote nothing down during his life, yet his words – both real and imagined –are known throughout the world. The result is a man-made up of both historical and fictional aspects, from which conflicting messages can be gleaned.

Buerge, a biographer and a historian to the Duwamish Tribe, Seattle's mother's...