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Definition of Potlatches
1. potlatch [v] - See also: potlatch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potlatches
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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