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Encyclopedia Britannica



KWAKIUTL

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 957 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: KRO-LAP
KWAKIUTL , a tribe of
North
 -American Indians of Wakashan stock. They number about 2000. Formerly the
term
  was used of the one tribe in the
north
 -
east
  of
Vancouver
 , but now it is the collective name for a
group
  of Wakashan peoples. The Kwakiutl Indians are remarkable for their conservatism in all matters and specially their adherence to the custom of
Potlatch
 , which it is sometimes suggested originated with them. Tribal government is in the hands of
secret
 
societies
 . There are three social ranks, hereditary chiefs,
middle
  and third estates, most of the latter being slaves or their descendants. Entry to the
societies
  is forbidden the latter, and can only be obtained by the former after torture and fasting. The hamatsa or cannibal society is only open to those who have been members of a
lower
  society for eight years.


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