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mission at Lax Kw'alaams. Dudoward had no (matrilineal) heirs and so adopted his own son and a niece into the house. The son inherited the name
Sgagweet after Dudoward's death in 1914 or 1915. He was holding the chief's position and title when Garfield was writing in 1938. He had designated the
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After that, the chieftainship was held in trust by the sons of Alfred
Dudoward. The youngest, Charles Dudoward (Chief Wiishakes), gave the responsibility to his first cousin's son, Libby Kelly. From Libby the names were passed to his nephews Mitch and Fred Dudoward. But, the name
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Gitanndo and most tribes of the Tsimshian. In the early 21st century, some six families occupy four houses of the Gitando: i) House of Sgagweet ii) House of Gilasgamgan & Gistaaku iii)House of Geyshluk (from Gamayaam)
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marble headstone representing one of his most prominent crests, the "Standing
Feeding Beaver." The totem pole still stands in the village of Lax Kw'alaams in the 21st century. Paul Sgagweet bequeathed the name to his first cousin or sister's son,
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niece's son as his successor. But this son, named
Clarence Watson, moved to Southern British Columbia and accepted the Canadian franchise, which at the time required him to surrender his
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Tsimshian have a matrilineal kinship system, with property and inheritance passed through the maternal line. The chieftainship of the Gitando resides with the hereditary name-title
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the holder of which is chief of the House of Sgagweet, a
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trading fort there. They are closely related to the
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225:Oral Interviews of Lax Kw'alaams Elders.
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206:(1939) "Tsimshian Clan and Society."
227:Lax Kw'alaams, and Prince Rupert, BC.
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