[20] The first child born in the village after his death becomes the deceased’s namesake. However, if born in camp, its mother gives it the name of the first natural object to catch her eye.
[21] Childless people provide for this contingency by adoption.
[22] One who has made himself odious to his fellow villagers is purposely neglected in the feasts to the dead.
[23] During the inter-tribal festivals, guests are given seats of honor next to the headman of the village according to the distance from which they have come. The back of the room (káan), the place of honor, is reserved for this purpose.
[24] The same arrangement characterizes the finger masks of the Inviting-In Dance. (Kiggilúnok), meaning wand, in southern dialect.
[25] Southern dialect. Akkizhzhígik, Ptarmigan. Teibúviak, hawk; Tulukaúguk, meaning raven.
[26] Canadian Geological Survey. Memoir 45. The “Inviting-In” Feast of the Alaskan Eskimo.