Kwakiutl

This was the critical turning point for her survival: Straitwatch Canada, a nonprofit, and the Kwakiutl First Nation told all boaters, including fishermen, to stay away from Springer, even if she approached them.

The land of the Kwakiutl, whose name translates to “smoke of the world,” was taken into ownership — both private and national — by gunpoint, dishonored treaties and restrictive and discriminatory laws.

Graeber is a 50-year-old anthropologist—among the brightest, some argue, of his generation—who made his name with innovative theories on exchange and value, exploring phenomena such as Iroquois wampum and the Kwakiutl potlatch.

Among the more important tribes or group of tribes, are the Tlingit, Haida, Tshimpshian, and Kwakiutl.

Among the southern tribes, notably the Kwakiutl, the stature averages 1.645 m.