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ਕਾਲੇ ਟਾਪੂ, ਵਾਸ਼ਿੰਗਟਨ ਉੱਤੇ ਜਾਂ ਇਸਦੇ ਨੇੜੇ
This place name is wrong: the commonly cited island is Blake Island, not “Black Island.” Historical sources either place his birth on Blake Island or, in another tradition, at his mother’s village on the Black River.
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This appears to be a place-name error.
Credible histories about Chief Seattle identify the island tradition as Blake Island. Washington State Parks says that "today's Blake Island was the birthplace of Chief Seattle" according to that tradition, and also notes an alternative Indigenous tradition placing his birth at Old Man House or in his mother's family village in the Green/Black River valley. HistoryLink likewise says he was born on the Kitsap peninsula sometime in the 1780s.
So the article's wording "ਕਾਲੇ ਟਾਪੂ" (“Black Island”) is not the historical place name used in the sources. It conflates the separate Black River tradition with Blake Island. The commonly cited island name is Blake Island.
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- Blake Island Marine State Park History | Washington State Parks
It has long been purported that today's Blake Island was the birthplace of Chief Seattle (Sealth) ... Contemporary Indigenous people stated that Chief Seattle was born at the village of Old Man House ... or at a village in the Green River Valley associated with his mother's family.
- Chief Seattle (Seattle, Chief Noah [born Si?al 178?-1866]) - HistoryLink.org
The Native American leader whose name was given to Puget Sound's largest city was born on the Kitsap peninsula some time in the 1780s.