Modeets Islands

Modeets Islands (53˚36'00" 132˚28'00" In Juskatla Inlet, S of Masset Inlet, Graham I, QCI). According to writer and adventurer Newton Chittenden, Modeets was an important and influential Haida shaman. Chittenden met the “medicine man” in 1884 at the Maude I village of New Gold Hbr and was shown his collection of charms, wands and rattles, some of which the visitor purchased. The shaman’s hair, never cut or combed since he entered the profession, was tied up in a knot on the back of his...

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