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
A potlatch among the tribes of the Northwest means a feast at which some wealthy Indian gives away to his own people or to a friendly tribe all that he has.
From The Log School-House on the Columbia by Butterworth, Hezekiah
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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