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    A potlatch is a gift-giving feast practiced by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada and the United States, among whom it is traditionally...
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    the same piece of copper at a higher price than it was previously sold, in their version of an art market. During potlatch, copper pieces would be brought...
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  • copper-colored Copper, a shaped ingot or ornamental sheet of the metal used by indigenous tribes of the North American West Coast region in potlatch ceremonies...
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  • and Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon, among others. Pendant; copper (Potlatch Dollars), British Museum, retrieved 2023-01-16 Chemically Tanned, Frye...
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    departed. The memorial potlatch is a major feature of Tlingit culture. A year or two following a person's death this potlatch was held to restore the...
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    vote was granted in 1960. The 1951 amendment to the Indian Act lifted the potlatch ban, though the ban was never fully effective - it had pushed traditional...
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    colonization. In 1885, the Haida potlatch (Haida: waahlgahl) was outlawed under the Potlatch Ban. The elimination of the potlatch system destroyed financial...
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  • style and protection of traditional native ceremonies during the Canadian potlatch ceremony ban. Today, Seaweed's work can be found in cultural centers and...
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    came off this fire turned into mosquitoes. At the end of a Kwakwaka'wakw potlatch ceremony, the host chief comes out bearing a mask of Dzunuḵ̓wa which is...
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    another in acts of conspicuous consumption analogous to the North American potlatch tradition. Sintashta artefact types such as spearheads, trilobed arrowheads...
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