Um, is owning slaves considered hyper-competitive egotism?

The Haida slaved all the way from Northern BC to Northern California in search of a very highly prized trade good.

"Haida slaves were a commodity, traded frequently for other commodities and occasionally used to pay debts and buy wives. Slaves were allowed to marry, even to a Haida woman if she'd have him. But the children of slaves were enslaved. Slaves did menial work and paddled war canoes."

Haida slaves were also ceremoniously killed during potlatches.

See:

Buried truths about aboriginal culture

Vancouver Sun

https://vancouversun.com › news › staff-blogs › burie...

Jun 11, 2010 — ... slave killer” club (example left). I had never seen a West Coast ... “Clubs known as slave killers are presumed to have been used to kill slaves ...