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HEREDITARY CHIEF [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Administration (Indigenous Peoples)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
DEF

[An Aboriginal] leader, given the power to lead by cultural protocol.

CONT

As a privilege of their lineage, hereditary chiefs hold sacred rights to traditional lands as well as to cultural songs, regalia and other customs and practices.

OBS

Hereditary chiefs have governing power that is vested in their ancestry, much like monarchs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration (Peuples Autochtones)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
CONT

À titre de privilège pour leur lignage, les chefs héréditaires conservent des droits sacrés sur les terres ancestrales, mais aussi sur les chansons culturelles, les ornementations et d'autres coutumes et pratiques.

OBS

Le pouvoir dont les chefs héréditaires sont investis leur est conféré par leur ascendance, à l'instar des monarques.

Spanish

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