potlatch
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In Mason County, heavy rain over the south slope of the Olympics is expected to push the Skokomish River at Potlatch above flood stage on Tuesday.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2022
In North America, that's the origin of the Native American Potlatch, a feast where everybody brings food and shares as much as they can.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2021
At the end of his freshman year, he set a script in Potlatch, Idaho — a town of 800, which we drove past on our second day.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2019
It decided to start a process to buy about 2,400 acres of timberland in northern Idaho from Potlatch.
From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2016
These holdouts, it was safe to assume, would be under surveillance on Potlatch Day.
From The Great Potlatch Riots by Lang, Allen Kim
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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