New Light on Haida Chiefship
The Case of Edenshaw 1850-1853
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2739900 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barry M Gough (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 131 |
| Publication date | 1982-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnohistory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-1801 • E-ISSN: 1527-5477 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/481373 |
| OpenAlex | W2322130729 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
Research in Admirality and other hitherto neglected papers reveals new evidence about Edenshaw (c. 1810-1894) in his search for powerful chiefly status. In 1852 during the Masset Haida piracy of the American schooner Susan Sturgis in the Queen Charlotte Islands, Edenshaw skillfully employed self-maximizing capabilities to his own advantage. Investigations by officers of naval ships revealed his suspected but still unproven complicity in the affair. This evidence points to the considered ability of this chief to profit by encounters with Europeans and to use these to his advantage. This evidence also reveals correlative data by several sources about a chief whose behaviour the Europeans regarded by their own codes of conduct as enigmatic
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1998 - 2011 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |