dayida•yiᑕᘒNchief, generally with reference to band chief

Etymology: Loan from Chinook Jargon taye, itself from Nuuchanulth ta:yi: ‟elder brother, senior”. According to Tommy George, this term was first used in reference to Joz Dayi ‟Chief George”, in 1862.

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