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Potlatch

Potlatch is the gift-giving feast practiced by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada and the United States, among whom it is traditionally the primary governmental institution, legislative body, and economic system. This includes the Heiltsuk, Haida, Nuxalk, Tlingit, Makah, Tsimshian, Nuu-chah-nulth, Kwakwaka'wakw, and Coast Salish…

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Potlatch

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples105
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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Potlatch

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related to overview · 24
Potlatch → Any, Aristocrats, Barnett, Besides, Chilkat, Firstly, Gifts, House, Hudson Bay, If, In, It, Kwakwaka'wakw, On, Only, Secondly, The, The House, These, This
related to Potlatch ban · 19
Potlatch → British Columbia, Canada, Christians, Coast, Coast Tsimshian, Green Ville, In, Indian, Indian Act, Indian Tribes, Indians, Kincolith, Missionary William Duncan, Nisga’a Chiefs, Port Simpson, Potlatching, Sectors, The Potlatch, To
related to External links · 15
Potlatch → Harvard University, Native American, Oliver, Peabody Museum, Photographs, Potlatch An, Puget Sound, Seattle, U'mista Museum, University, Van Olinda Photographs, Vashon Island, Washington, Washington Libraries Digital Collections, Whidbey Island
related to history · 15
Potlatch → Alaska, Archaeological, Aristocrats, Competition, Coppers, European, Europeans, Indigenous, None, Pickupsticks, Prior, The, They, This, Vancouver Island
related to Anthropological theory · 8
Potlatch → French, In, Kula, Marcel Mauss, Other, The Gift, These, Trobriand Islands
related to Persistence · 8
Potlatch → Anthropologist Sergei Kan, Despite, Indigenous, Kan, Potlatches, Sustaining, The, Tlingit
see also · 8
Potlatch → Competitive, Debord, French Situationist, IzikhothaneKatoagaKoha, MāoriKula, Narragansett, Papua New GuineaPotluckPow, Tall
is a · 1
Potlatch → gift-giving feast practiced by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada and the United States

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potlatches also law many family tlingit would titles ceremonies among wealth nation indigenous government coast gifts indian give peoples kwakwaka'wakw

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Potlatchis agift-giving feast practiced by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada and the United States0.90text
Chilkat blanketsinstance ofby the distribution of other less important objects0.80text
animal skinsinstance ofby the distribution of other less important objects0.80text
the dzunukwa.Chief O'waxinstance ofor display of family origin from supernatural creatures0.80text
huntinginstance ofbut not resource-generating assets0.80text
fishinginstance ofbut not resource-generating assets0.80text
berrying territoriesinstance ofbut not resource-generating assets0.80text
documentation of a potlatch on Whidbey Islandinstance ofPhotographs of Native American activities0.80text
Potlatchrelated to Anthropological theoryIn0.60section
Potlatchrelated to Anthropological theoryThe Gift0.60section
Potlatchrelated to Anthropological theoryFrench0.60section
Potlatchrelated to Anthropological theoryMarcel Mauss0.60section

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