A fact from Jim Hart (artist) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 August 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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That wasn't in the sources I found. I did find some information about older parts of the inheritance: Charles Edenshaw seems to have inherited the chiefdom from his uncle Albert Edward Edenshaw, who in turn had inherited it from his uncle [1]. Other sources such as [2] say that the inheritance is matrilineal. From this it seems likely to me that Hart received the title from his uncle Claude Davidson (who died in 1991, would have inherited it from his uncle Charles Edenshaw (see p.22 of this thesis), is listed as Hart's uncle here and is listed as a chief here). But I don't have a source that says that explicitly. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:06, 23 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
Yes, I seem to recall reading that power in Native American societies usually passed to sororal nephews. It didn't occur to me until you mentioned uncles, though. Thanks! Surtsicna (talk) 10:39, 23 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
I'm sure they do it differently in different societies but the Haida seem to do it that way, yes. BTW, in Canada they're usually called First Nations rather than Native Americans. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:31, 23 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
