It is simply because this is, after all, a debate and not a tribalindaba.
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He quoted indabas of chiefs and all sorts of things in support of the argument.
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Anindabawas held, and was attended by the chiefs and headmen who were informed of the pending change.
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Smith pressed on, telling parliament that he would ask the tribal chiefs and headmen to consult their people in the traditional manner, then hold the "indaba" as planned.
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Rudd's interpretation was that the king considered them to have already been consulted at the day's "indaba", and so did not think it necessary for them to also sign.
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