potlatch

You can have a potlatch for anything, when it comes from deep down in your heart."

One longhouse may have been used as a potlatch house.

By late century the days of the great feasts and potlatches were over.

A year or two following a person's death this potlatch was held to restore the balance of the community.

But potlatch is not a single dish or a style of food preparation.

Most of Potlatch was built in 1906 and 1907.

The 1914 Potlatch suffered as a result of the previous year's riots.

The potlatch was a cultural practice much studied by ethnographers.

It is also referred to as a smorgasbord or potlatch.

There were many different reasons to hold a potlatch in Athabaskan culture.

Potlatches, she could have added, were also held to put the guests under obligation to the host.

The potlatch system and clan system continue to play an important role.

The potlatch also provided an opportunity for families to mark life occasions formally.

In December 2010, Potlatch 2 was released for general use.

Determined to give the devil her due, she added, "This potlatch was a good idea."

The water is conveyed to Potlatch through huge pipes, visible for miles.

Other groups made formal requests that they be able to host Potlatches, but were refused.

A chief might wear it to welcome you to a social gathering like a feast, or potlatch.

"Can't stop now, I got a potlatch to go to."

Just what a dancer needed at a potlatch feast.

The family would host a potlatch and bestow the new ancestral name on the person.

The potlatch was seen as a key target in assimilation policies and agendas.

The memorial potlatch is a major feature of Tlingit culture.

The traditional Athabaskan potlatch had, "social, religious and economic significance."

A large potlatch, a ceremonial event conducted by wealthy families, was held at this house in 1875.