potlatch
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“They remember potlatch funerals with only 20-30 people — a generation was wiped out by the pandemic of 1918. That has been an ongoing reflection for me this entire year.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2020
In 2019, the museum entered into a contract with Carey Newman, an artist from Kwakwaka’wakw First Nation, by taking part in a potlatch — a traditional ceremony.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2020
As the characters make their winding way toward the vaunted potlatch, there are passages of quiet beauty, deep emotion and sharp observation.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2020
We debated schemes for fund-raising but reluctantly decided that they would violate the party’s potlatch character.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 3, 2016
A potlatch is the giving-away of all of our earthly possessions without any hope or expectation of any return, either in kind or value.
From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Orange Jacobs
Vocabulary lists containing potlatch
Native American History - Introductory
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Native American History - Middle School and High School
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The Early Americas and European Exploration, Lessons 1–2
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