An Anthropological Study on the Significance of Heredity and "Politics" among the First Nations of Canada.

在加拿大，民主和平等的政治进程在十九世纪中期被引入第一民族。但是，在传统上由世袭酋长统治的社会中，最近出现了酋长世袭制的复苏。本研究旨在分析传统世袭酋长和新时代选举产生的“民选酋长”两种酋长制度的实践、思想和策略。

In Canada, democratic and egalitarian political process was introduced into the First Nations in the mid-nineteenth century. But resurgence of hereditary chieftainship has been seen lately in the societies where traditionally hereditary chiefs reigned over the communities. This study was aimed to analyze the practice, ideology and strategy of the two types of chieftainship: traditional hereditary chiefs and the "elected chiefs," leaders of the new era selected by an election.