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Questions and Answers about the Spokane Indians
 

What was the role of the chief?
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Although there were chiefs in all Plateau Cultures, they did not have much real power. Chiefs were prominent in the village and in most cases their position was hereditary.

But although Sahaptin chiefs could exert their authority through whipping (perhaps a Spanish trait), social control was as a rule achieved through social pressure and public opinion. There was no police force or military force to control the people.

No one was forced into following the advice of a chief or the decisions of a council meeting.
Those who did not want to conform could move to another village or another band.










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December 24, 2004
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