potlatch

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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

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

Echo-Hawk’s family was adopted into the tribe in a potlatch with “a huge ceremony — it was the official, Athabascan way.”

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2018

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

Many pieces of goods had been provided for the potlatch; and these were given away, given and received with dignified politeness.

From Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin by Nixon-Roulet, Mary F.