Definition of Potlatches

1. Noun. (plural of potlatch) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Potlatches

1. potlatch [v] - See also: potlatch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Potlatches

potiches
potichomania
potin
poting
potins
potion
potions
potjiekos
potlach
potlache
potlaches
potlatch
potlatched
potlatcher
potlatchers
potlatches (current term)
potlatching
potless
potlid
potlids
potlike
potlikker
potline
potlines
potluck
potlucks
potman
potmen
potomania
potometer

Literary usage of Potlatches

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1883)
"The case is somewhat ludicrous, but science never laughs. The scientific tone is eminently placid. THE potlatches OF PUGET SOUND. BY REV. ..."

2. Native Americans by Karen Lowther (2003)
"In the winter, the Tlingit held ceremonial potlatches. potlatches were often held to honor the dead or celebrate good fortune. People often ate seal meat, ..."

3. The Coppers of the Northwest Coast Indians: Their Origin, Development, and by Carol F. Jopling (1989)
"At potlatches they were seated in rank order; the highest ranking received ... The Haida and Tsimshian sold Coppers during potlatches, but evidently not in ..."

4. The Coppers of the Northwest Coast Indians: Their Origin, Development, and by Carol F. Jopling (1989)
"potlatches, which occurred among chiefs representing their social groups, ... Although potlatches differed among all the Northwest Coast peoples, ..."

5. American Indian Life by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons (1922)
"This was the birth of his first daughter. The most magnificent Nootka potlatches are generally given in connection with a daughter's puberty ceremony. ..."

6. The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America by Ellsworth Huntington (1919)
"At subsequent potlatches he received in his turn a measure of their goods in proportion to ... These potlatches were social as well as industrial functions, ..."

7. The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America by Ellsworth Huntington (1919)
"At subsequent potlatches he received in his turn a measure of their goods in proportion to ... These potlatches were social as well as industrial functions, ..."

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