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fire-keeper
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a member of an Indian Council, such as that of the Six Nations, charged with the care of the ceremonial Council Fire.
Quotations
1886
The proceedings were commenced by a speech by Chief George Buck, the fire-keeper of the great council, who welcomed Sir John Macdonald on behalf Of the Six Nations.