Abstract
The author explains how Kragur ancestry allows village chiefs, such as Kitok and William Pileng, to acquire high hereditary status. He first discusses the importance of family ties, mainly by descent through males from a common male ancestor (patrilineal descent), in questions about land. He then talks about his research on how kinship and leadership were related in the traditional system, noting that some Kragur people started to use the title of chief for those who qualified as ramat wolap. He also considers the importance of clans to Kragur people and the secret details of Kragur clan ancestry and concludes by describing a project that he helped launch to record knowledge of clan ancestors; this project was called the wok bilong straksa (“work of structure”) or simply straksa wok (“structure work”).
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