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	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Late Prehistoric/Early Historic Chiefdoms (ca. A.D. 1300-1850)
		A chiefdom, ruled by a hereditary and often semi-divine chief, was typically a multiple town organization, with a population in the low thousands.
		Chiefdoms rarely exceeded twenty-five miles in diameter and were surrounded by large empty spaces that served as hunting preserves as well as buffer zones from political rivals.
		The Guale chiefdom is known from early Spanish sources and was the scene of major missionary efforts in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-573 (1305 words)

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		Badounga: One of the paramount chiefdoms in the Tonga District in the Nde Departement in the West Province...
		A chiefdom in the Kailo District of the Maniema Province...
		A chiefdom in the Lubunda District of the Katanga Province
	www.almanach.be /search/c/index.htm (2780 words)

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		Bukamba became a chiefdom in the 1931 reorganization...
		In the reorganization of 1931, Kivuruga became a chiefdom...
		The chiefdom was reorganized in 1929 and reduced to the Murma hill in Rukaryi...
	www.almanach.be /search/r (1170 words)

	Village Names - Sierra Leone Web
		It is the headquarters of Magbema Chiefdom and Kambia District.
		KUKUNA is the chiefdom headquarters town of Bramaia Chiefdom, Kambia District, situated on the north-western side of the district bordering Sierra Leone and Guinea, with the Kolenten River separating the two countries.
		PUJEHUN, Lower Bambara Chiefdom, Kenema District is 64 kilometres from the district headquarters town of Kenema and near the diamond-rich town of Tongo.
	www.sierra-leone.org /villagenames.html (4452 words)

	Chiefdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chiefdoms are characterized by pervasive inequality of peoples and centralization of authority.
		A single simple chiefdom is generally composed of a central community surrounded by or near a number of smaller subsidiary communities.
		A complex chiefdom is a group of simple chiefdoms controlled by a single paramount center, and ruled by a paramount chief.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chiefdom (599 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Hernando de Soto in Georgia
		They proceeded upstream a few miles until they came to the chiefdom of Ichisi, whose main town is thought to have been at the Lamar mound site at present-day Macon.
		Like the chief of Ocute, the chief of Coosa was a particularly powerful one, with influence over chiefdoms to the northeast as far as present-day Knoxville and Newport, Tennessee, and to the southwest as far as about Childersburg, Alabama.
		On August 20, 1540, De Soto and his army departed from the main town of Coosa and traveled to the south, crossing the Etowah River at the town of Itaba—the Etowah Mound site—and proceeding on to the chiefdom of Ulibahali at present-day Rome.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2478 (955 words)

	Sierra Leone: President: State House: Speeches.
		Each Paramount Chief organized his Chiefdom as a closely-knit unit the safety of which was the Paramount Chief’s sole responsibility as well as the adjudication of disputes and the upkeep of their defence.
		The family of the deceased selected the successor who was introduced to the whole Chiefdom for recognition, usually the choice was made by the dying Chief on his death bed which was kept secret for fear of harm to the successor.
		The Chiefdom Councillors assist the Paramount Chief in the administration of the Chiefdom and through them the authority and directives of the Paramount Chief are spread through the length and breadth of the Chiefdom.
	www.statehouse-sl.org /speeches/speeches-bo-makeni.html (4615 words)

	Barinas Project
		Prehispanic chiefdoms are societies with centralized political authority and institutionalized social differentiation, but lacking the internally specialized, bureaucratic government characteristic of a state.
		The chiefdom can also be seen as the intermediate step between an egalitarian society and a state, though it must be emphasized that the chiefdom is its own political entity and not simply a transitional phase.
		Indeed, warfare was a part of life in the Late Gaván chiefdom, as is evidenced by the defensive calzada, the partial skeletons found in non-residential fill, and the remains of a widespread conflagration that took place when the site was abandoned.
	anthro.amnh.org /anthropology/research/barinas.htm (1350 words)

	POR Report: A REVIEW OF PEACE OPERATIONS: A CASE FOR CHANGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Chiefdom Council is an assembly of elders from villages elected every three years on the basis of one vote for every taxpayer, and forms the Electoral College for choosing a paramount chief.
		Bad governance at the chiefdom level had been an important factor in the revolt against authority and was ostensibly at the root of the RUF's doctrine.
		The Chiefdom Governance Reform Programme, therefore, had as its starting point in February 2000 a series of consultations at chiefdom level that identified the people's attitudes to their leaders and the malfeasance of the past.
	ipi.sspp.kcl.ac.uk /rep004/s04.html (2904 words)

	Intensive Agriculture and Political Economy of the Yaguachi Chiefdom of the Guayas Basin, Coastal Ecuador
		Intensive Agriculture and Political Economy of the Yaguachi Chiefdom of the Guayas Basin, Coastal Ecuador.
		The Yaguachi chiefdom arose in the area at least during the Integration Period AD 700-Spanish contact.
		Two approaches, top-down and a bottom-up, are contrasted to identify where along a socio-political continuum the organization of the Yaguachi chiefdom lay.
	www.pitt.edu /~pittanth/grad/research/delgadophd.html (345 words)

	Celtic Chiefdom, Celtic State - Cambridge University Press
		Modelling chiefdoms in the Scottish Highlands and islands prior to the '45 Robert A. Dodgshon; 12.
		Chiefdoms, confederacies, and statehood in early Ireland D. Blair Gibson; 14.
		Clans are not primordial: pre-Viking Irish society and the modelling of pre-Roman societies in northern Europe Nerys Thomas Patterson.
	www.cambridge.org /catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521585791 (477 words)

	Tankoro Chiefdom Elects New Paramount Chief in Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone News
		Following the cast of votes and the release of the results, Paul Ngaba Saquee emerged victorious with a total of 563 votes in his favour representing 56.3% while Joseph Sahr Gando polled 436 votes which is 44% of the total votes cast.
		He called on his opponents to join him in the campaign to push for the development of the chiefdom as well as to promote peace and harmony among the people of the chiefdom.
		Aiah Denton Bona of Nimikoro Chiefdom and Mr.
	news.sl /drwebsite/publish/article_20051929.shtml (1033 words)

	CDF Consolidated Indictment - Special Court for Sierra Leone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		SAMUEL HINGA NORMAN, was born on 1 January 1940, in Ngolala Village, Mongeri (or Monghere), Valunia Chiefdom, Bo District, in the Southern Province of the Republic of Sierra Leone.
		He currently resides in the town of Gbap, Nongoba Bullom Chiefdom, Bonthe District and is the Chiefdom Speaker for the Nongoba Bullom Chiefdom.
		He currently resides in the Bumpeh Chiefdom, Bo District, and his occupation is that of a farmer and herbalist.
	www.sc-sl.org /indictment-CDF.html (2697 words)

	chiefs/graphics - Pages 1 thru 4
		The chiefdom of Ngambe is one of the ten Tikar chiefdoms which are situated to the east
		The Capitals of the Ten Tikar Chiefdoms East of the Mape and the Mbam Rivers in
		The village of Ngambe, the chiefdom capital, is surrounded by a trench (nshi, pl.
	lucy.ukc.ac.uk /Rainforest/SML_files/Pricech/chiefs_1.html (1480 words)

	Households and the Emergence of the Moundville Polity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This project seeks to examine the ways individual households articulated with larger social formations before and after the emergence of the Moundville chiefdom in Alabama, an event that took place in the 12th century AD.
		While we failed to find the remains of houses that we had hoped were preserved at the site, we did recover important data regarding both occupations.
		Her work has altered our picture of the local structure of the Moundville chiefdom and has shed new light on the creation of community and community identity.
	rla.unc.edu /Research/Mdvl_Scarry.html (437 words)

	University Press of Florida: The Cahokia Chiefdom
		The Cahokia Chiefdom: The Archaeology of a Mississippian Society
		First published in 1998 by Smithsonian Institution Press, The Cahokia Chiefdom surveys one of North America's great archaeological sites that includes more than one hundred earthen mounds constructed between the 11th and 14th centuries.
		Milner paints a vivid picture of the site and its environs while arguing that the regional system was not as powerful and all-encompassing as commonly thought, but was instead a collection of semi-autonomous districts with far fewer people than previously assumed.
	www.upf.com /book.asp?id=MILNES06 (294 words)

	Coosa - The Rise and Fall of a Southeastern Mississippian Chiefdom - by Marvin T. Smith - A new book from the ...
		Writing about a powerful Native American society at the dawn of European contact, Marvin Smith, in a colorfully illustrated book, traces the rise and collapse of the chiefdom of Coosa, located in the Ridge and Valley province of northwestern Georgia and adjacent states.
		From humble beginnings, Coosa became one of the most important chiefdoms in the Southeast, dominating a territory from present eastern Tennessee to central Alabama.
		By the beginning of the 18th century, the once powerful chiefdom had been reduced to a few towns in the Creek Confederacy.
	www.upf.com /Fall2000/smith.html (321 words)

	IRCBP - LGFD/Gordon's Report - (Mission 2 )
		The institution of Chiefdom Councils remained and it is to the chiefdom councils that authority was granted by the new Local Government Act 2004 to collect revenue and share this revenue with the local councils.
		The meeting with Moyamba District Council was held at the Court Hall of one of the Chiefdoms and was attended by the representatives of the 14 Chiefdoms, the Treasury Clerks, the District Treasurer, the Chief Administrator and District Councillors.
		Is it the District Council or the Chiefdom Councils?
	www.ircbp.sl /drwebsite/publish/article_174.shtml (5883 words)

	Sierra Leone: President: Paramount Chief Of Sandor Chiefdom Installed
		On Sunday, 5th June 2005, President Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah was in Kayima, the headquarter town of Sandor chiefdom in the Kono District, to officially recognize the installation of the newly elected Paramount Chief, P.C. Sheku Amadu Tejan Fasuluku.
		He said the chiefs are responsible for law and order in their chiefdoms and that Government relies on them for consultation and advice.
		The President commended the people of Sandor Chiefdom for the remarkable degree of maturity displayed in the conduct of the elections.
	www.statehouse-sl.org /sandor-chief-june7.html (837 words)

	The Chiefdom of Bamunka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Its strategic position between the provincial, economic and cultural capital of Bamenda and the capital of Bui Division, Kumbo, has encouraged the development of a complex multi-ethnic and peri-urban sector, where today the Bamunka proper form only a bare majority.
		As the administrative centre of the Ndop area, Bamunka's much longer and more intensive contact with wider social and economic opportunities have given it an advantage over neighbouring chiefdoms.
		The 1976 general census showed that the main village sector of Bamunka had a population of over 3,105 with women making up 51.86 per cent.
	lucy.ukc.ac.uk /Chilver/Paideuma/paideuma-The-6.html (245 words)

	In Sierra Leone - Sulima Chiefdom certified arms-free UNDP reveals : Sierra Leone News
		The Arms for Development Programme, Kamara stated, spans 81 Chiefdoms, but that 26 have so far completed the process, declared arms-free and issued certificates and the sum of Le40m each, in order to undertake development programmes in those communities, and that 10 more are espected to be declared arms-free.
		Sulima Chiefdom, Kamara said, will be declared arms-free coming Thursday, 26th October, a ceremony he said was very significant, since Sulima shares boundary with Guinea, and that they are going to invite the Guineans to grace the ceremony, in a bid to ensure that the chiefdom was arms-free for coastal cross-border activities.
		Kamara furthered that in all chiefdoms inspected so far, a total of 5,218 assorted weapons were collected, noting that the programme was yet to be conducted in 68 chiefdoms, out of a total of 149 chiefdoms in Sierra Leone.
	news.sl /drwebsite/publish/article_20053922.shtml (550 words)

	OAR
		This fine grey micaceous sandstone was used extensively throughout much of the history of the Moundville chiefdom (Welch 1991:166-167; Steponaitis 1992:8; Scarry 1998:95).
		The development and height of the chiefdom occurred between A.D. 1050-1350 (Knight and Steponaitis 1998:8).
		To date, there are no sites associated with the Moundville chiefdom other than Pride Place and Moundville itself that have such extensive quantities of this sandstone.
	museums.ua.edu /oar/pride.html (3173 words)

	chiefdom - OneLook Dictionary Search
		We found 8 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word chiefdom:
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		chiefdom : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=chiefdom (96 words)

	The Origins of a Pacific Coast Chiefdom
		The fascinating story of the emergence of politically and economically complex societies without agriculture is told from the North American Pacific Coast, where a number of unusual hunting-gathering-fishing societies thrived during the last 1,000-2,000 years.
		The Origins of a Pacific Coast Chiefdom focuses on the origins and development of complexity among the Channel Islands Chumash of southern California, who had large settled villages, sophisticated oceangoing boats, many goods produced by specialists, and an extensive shell bead exchange system.
		The Origins of a Pacific Coast Chiefdom explores the final 1,200 years of coastal Chumash culture, culminating in the complex society witnessed by the earliest Spanish explorers.
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /anthro/faculty/arnold/book.htm (562 words)

	On the limits of liberal peace: Chiefs and democratic decentralization in post-war Sierra Leone -- Fanthorpe 105 (418): ...
		Sections are administrative subdivisions of chiefdoms and may
		The chiefdom committee is the executive arm of the chiefdom
		of 1964, the chiefdom committee consists of the paramount chief
	afraf.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/short/105/418/27?rss=1 (1540 words)

	ReliefWeb » Maps Preview » Sierra Leone Chiefdom Names & Geo-Codes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The use of geo-coding allows data to be linked to a map.
		To use the Chiefdom geo-codes, add a “G codes” field to the database; then add the appropriate geo-code to each record.
		With the exception of public UN sources, reproduction or redistribution of the above text, in whole, part or in any form, requires the prior consent of the original source.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SKAR-64GBT4?OpenDocument (73 words)

	Campaign for Good Governance News
		January 2003 in sixty-three chiefdoms across the country.
		We have proposed to monitor a minimum of thirty out of the sixty-three chiefdoms, amounting to over a third of the prescribed vacancies.
		The Declaration of Rights and actual elections for the Paramount Chief of Dama Chiefdom were held in the Chiefdom Headquarter town of Giema.
	www.slcgg.org /news/cggnews.htm (1083 words)

	chiefdom
		chiefdom: a term used to describe a society that operates on the principle of ranking, i.e.
		Different lineages are graded on a scale of prestige, calculated by how closely related one is to the chief.
		The chiefdom generally has a permanent ritual and ceremonial center, as well as being characterized by local specialization in crafts.
	www.webref.org /anthropology/c/chiefdom.htm (134 words)

	PROCEDURE FOR COMPILING TRIBAL AUTHORITY LISTS AND ELECTION OF PARAMOUNT CHAIRS
		The following procedure for the election of Paramount Chiefs has been approved by the governor in Council and will be adopted in conducting all future elections.
		The election of a Paramount Chief is the concern of the Chiefdom people although not everyone is involved in the election process, i.e.
		Grouping may only be permitted within sections of any Chiefdom.
	www.cs.umd.edu /fs/www/users/dkoroma/htdocs/kuranko_history_3.htm (944 words)

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