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Benjamin Alfred Sr. held the ‘Namgis Tsitsał’walagama’yi “Famous Ones Clan” chiefly name Tłakwagila “Copper-Maker”. The chieftainship was transferred to Benjamin from his wife as part of her dowry. His wife Elizabeth (nee Innis) Tłatłakwidalaga ‘Copper-Making Woman” was the only daughter of Chief Fred Innis whose chiefly name was Kwamxalagalis I’nis “Avalanching all Over the World”, who was the eldest son of Head Gigal’gam “First Ones Clan” Kwikw “Eagle Chief ” or Xamagama’yi “True Chief”. Mrs. Alfred brought many treasures to her husband in her dowry. Among these dances and ceremonies from her Hiłdzakw ancestry were the rights to the Dłuwalaxa. According to the late Mrs. Chief Henry Speck, when Elizabeth was ceremonially being brought to her husband, she was seated on a plank in the bow of four canoes tied together wearing ceremonial regalia and crowned with a yaxwiwe’ “chief’s dance headdress" symbolic of her families authority to transfer the right to this foreign prerogative and considered rare within Kwakwaka’wakw territories at that time. Along with the rights to perform the Dłuwalaxa, the rights to specific długwe’ accompanied these rights that went to Benjamin. The most prestigious was the Killer Whale and Eagle Mask that dramatizes this powerful story and its Hiłdzakw origins. It was said by Benjamin’s youngest sister, the late Mrs. Emma Beans, that this mask was always shown first during the Tła’sala treasures because it is part of the origin story where the right to perform the powerful Dłuwalaxa originated. Ben Alfred Sr. had a sister named Daisy Roberts (nee Alfred) (Kwasto'litl) and a son named Ben Alfred Jr. (Xusamda’as). Benjamin and Elizabeth Alfred’s great-grandson is William Wasden Jr. (Waxawidi).