How did a person from the group of Navajo became a chief?

Answer 1

It is dependent on the tribe. Few tribes had hereditary chiefs. Most leaders (chiefs) were selected by their peers as having leadership skills or other attributes that could serve the tribe - in peace or in war. Many tribes have several chiefs that act as a council.

Recently one my friends has been proposed as a chief. He has been observed for many years by the elders and his peer group. There will be an election, but it is more of an acclamation for a position that he has demonstrated that he should hold.

Answer 2

The Plains Indian choose there leader by good behavior and by being with the tribe for many years and showing Alot of respect for the Tribe. If they did something very good or Amazing for the Tribe all the groups would come together and have a vote of if he should be the leader to make commands for the Tribe and to stick up for the tribe. The Chief or leader of the Group would make the events for the following day like for an Example for a fishing tournament or to have a feast on a certain day. Being a leader or chief could be very dangerous in battle with another tribe because if you are in combat with another tribe they always would go for the chief first because if the chief died the group will flee from battle. Then in a couple more years another chief would be chosen

Answer 3

Every tribe was different. Taking the Crow tribe as one example, a young man first needed to have accompanied a war party as a kind of servant, horse minder, water carrier and so on (the Crow name for this task means "little toe"), then later he would be permitted to join war parties as a warrior.

Then a man would progress to becoming a scout for a war party (called "wolf" in the Crow language), then a leader of scouts. Later, after achieving at least four confirmed coups, he would become a pipeholder or war party leader ("he who carries the pipe" or "he who owns the war party"). If he earned respect by leading successful raids against enemy tribes he would be made a chief, then perhaps a band chief or even head chief of one of the Crow divisions. If he failed as a war leader he would never rise any higher in rank.

But above all of these, a man needed to have experienced a sacred vision and a spirit helper who would provide him with a war medicine, a war song, a war paint design and even a new name. Without this religious element the man could achieve more coups than anyone else and still be considered a minor warrior without any respect. A man experiencing an important vision might jump straight to the status of chief without going through all the different stages.

Answer 4

Every tribe was different. Taking the Crow tribe as one example, a young man first needed to have accompanied a war party as a kind of servant, horse minder, water carrier and so on (the Crow name for this task means "little toe"), then later he would be permitted to join war parties as a warrior.

Then a man would progress to becoming a scout for a war party (called "wolf" in the Crow language), then a leader of scouts. Later, after achieving at least four confirmed coups, he would become a pipeholder or war party leader ("he who carries the pipe" or "he who owns the war party"). If he earned respect by leading successful raids against enemy tribes he would be made a chief, then perhaps a band chief or even head chief of one of the Crow divisions. If he failed as a war leader he would never rise any higher in rank.

But above all of these, a man needed to have experienced a sacred vision and a spirit helper who would provide him with a war medicine, a war song, a war paint design and even a new name. Without this religious element the man could achieve more coups than anyone else and still be considered a minor warrior without any respect. A man experiencing an important vision might jump straight to the status of chief without going through all the different stages.

Answer 5

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