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CHILKAT CHIEFS OF THE RAVEN CLAN 



The cliiefs are chosen from a well-defined aristocracy dependent upon birth, and to the chiefs 

 and housemasters belongs the privilege of naming the communal houses on the occasion of their 

 dedication. A name once given belongs not only to the particular house but also to all future 

 houses built on that site. At the great pollatch, or feast of dedication, the head chief welcomes his 

 guests, wearing the Raven hat, emblematic of his family totem or crest 



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