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- Potlatch - Wikipedia
About a year later, the child's family would hold a potlatch and give gifts to the guests in attendance on behalf of the child During this potlatch, the family would give the child their second name
- Potlatch | Definition, Ceremony, Facts | Britannica
potlatch, ceremonial distribution of property and gifts to affirm or reaffirm social status, as uniquely institutionalized by the Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Pacific coast
- Potlatch - The Canadian Encyclopedia
The Potlatch ban disrupted social relations and damaged Indigenous identities In 1951, the ban was removed, in part because of challenges to enforcing it and changes in governmental attitudes
- Potlach Ceremony of Native Americans – Legends of America
The term ‘Potlatch’ was taken from a Nootka Indian word meaning “gift ” The ceremony celebrated a change of rank or status with dancing, feasting, and gifts Those of the Northwest Coast associated prestige with wealth, and the potlatcher gained prestige according to how liberally he gave
- Potlatch: Ancient North American Indian Tradition Of Very Generous Gift . . .
Potlatch was at the heart of a non-Christian cultural system that opposed colonization Therefore the Potlatch was targeted by missionaries and colonial officials
- The Potlatch - First Nations of the Pacific Northwest
At potlatch gatherings, a family or hereditary leader hosts guests in their family's house and holds a feast for their guests The main purpose of the potlatch is the re-distribution and reciprocity of wealth
- Pacific Northwest Coastal Native Americans - What is a Potlatch . . .
Each fall, tribes from up and down the coast would gather in the Puget Sound area to celebrate a potlatch and prepare to trade A Potlatch was (and still is!) a wonderful festival with weddings and stories (the tall tale type) and feasting and dancing and trading
- Potlatch - New World Encyclopedia
The ceremonial feast called a potlatch, practiced among a diverse group of Northwest Coast Indians as an integral part of indigenous culture, had numerous social implications The Kwakiutl, of the Canadian Pacific Northwest, are the main group that still practices the potlatch custom
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