potlatch

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Kind of a last contribution to my weird friends on here—a potlatch, if you will.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2022

One of the earliest pieces to enter the collection, in 1883, the canoe was embellished for exhibition in 1910 with figures representing Tlingits on their way to a potlatch ceremony.

From New York Times • May 5, 2022

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

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

O O Saghalie Tyee, God nesika our Papa, Father, nesika we wawa say mahsie thanks kopa to mika, thee, mika thou hast potlatch given kopa to nesika us okoke this muckamuck. food.

From Hymns in the Chinook Jargon Language by Eells, Myron