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170:"I have 'Power' on both sides of The Big Canyon . On the right hand side I have the power of my Chieftainship. For many generations Neas-D-Hok has had that right. On the left hand side I carry the 'Power' of Neas Hiwas, for in my generation there is no Chief of that name."
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word for grizzly-bear, one of the crests ("totems") of Wright's branch of the
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