- 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
A Potlach Ceremony is an opulent gift-giving ceremonial feast held by tribes of Northwest Indians of North America to celebrate an important event, including the Tlingit, Tsimshian, Haida, Coast Salish, Chinook, and Dene people The term ‘Potlatch’ was taken from a Nootka Indian word meaning “gift ”
- Potlatch | Potlatch | Living Tradition, The Kwakwakawakw Potlatch on . . .
Today potlatches are most often held to honor the passing of an elder or important person in the community Potlatch hosts might take years to gather, make, and prepare gifts to be given away at a potlatch, including what is needed for the feast Over time, potlatch gifts have changed
- 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
- 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
- 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
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