potlatch

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Back in February, when COVID-19 felt more like an uneasy rumor than a crisis, Colleen Echohawk traveled to Mentasta Lake, Alaska, for a potlatch funeral.

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

A Tlingit might spend years gathering pelts, blankets, and weapons, then give them all away in a feast, called a potlatch, which often featured a pole-raising.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 13, 2015

As the time approached, many canoes were on the Bay, headed by a joyous crowd going to the potlatch.

From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Jacobs, Orange