our current tyee ha’wiih, maquinna (lewis george) acquired the seat from his late father, earl george. earl george first passed the seat to his eldest son, uu-qua-qruum (corbett george). when uu-qua-qruum (corbett george) encountered some difficulty in his life earl george took the seat back and just prior to his passing, he named maquinna (lewis george) as his successor at hupacasath. in november 2007, maquinna (lewis george) held a major potlatch to declare his seat. hi-yupin-ulth (bill keitlah jr.) acquired his seat from his father, bill sr., in 2004. ah-in-chut (shawn atleo) acquired his seat from his father ooh-meek (dr. richard atleo). ah-in-chut (shawn atleo), recently the bc regional chief of the assembly of first nations has marked great success in his young life as a leader by becoming the newly elected leader of the assembly of first nations.