... argues this this point, using a plethora of examples, but emphasises the actions of the Kwakiutl tribe, where "it did not matter whether a relative had died in bed of a disease, or by the hand of an enemy, in either case death was an affront to be wiped out by the death of another person."3 When a Kwakiutl Chief's sister and her daughter were presumed dead ... after a hunting trip, the Chief gathered his warriors together and determined that they must remediate the deaths by killing other members of the tribe, including two children whom they'd discovered children. Benedict explains tha...

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