(1) It is run by a headman to whom most of the villagers are related.(2) This message was delivered in church sermons, but also in the headman 's addresses to the community.(3) It is based on the traditional model of Lakota government, where the headman of each band represented the band's tribe, and the headman of each Lakota tribe represented the Greater Sioux Council.(4) Far from exhibiting any shame over his actions, W had asked the headman 's son to write on his behalf to all the chiefs in defence of his actions.(5) The council consists of the headman , priest, village watchman, and four or five elders.(6) I went there around September and thanks to the village headman , the council leader and some of the village dignitaries held a banquet in my honor.(7) On land administration, the villagers said a committee of 10 people with representation of chiefs, headmen and other stakeholders should be formed at village level to ensure transparency when giving out land.(8) Chiefs and headmen are important figures both in villages and nationally, although they are forbidden to be active in party politics.(9) Local headmen and tribal chiefs, on whom his regime relies, were given even larger awards of between 500 and 750 percent.(10) Village chiefs or headmen usually have more than one wife.(11) About 300 people, including the headmen of 10 communities and children and teachers from Coffee Bay schools, attended the function.(12) This is where community leaders such chiefs, headmen and indeed agricultural extension officers need to step in and carry out a massive education campaign.(13) Often in debt, they are economically and politically dependent on local headmen and landlords.(14) The system of chieftaincy follows the progression of paramount chief (the king), senior chiefs, sub-chiefs, headmen and sub-headmen.(15) However, conscription quotas placed on African chiefs or headmen in the Reserves undermined the legitimacy of the colonial regime on the ground.(16) Other peoples had military leaders, tribal chiefs, or headmen , but not officials.
