potlatch
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That night there was a grand wedding and a potlach; so that for two days to follow there was no fishing done by the village.
From The Son of the Wolf by London, Jack
To-night he came in to tell us that25 there was going to be a great potlach at the coal-mines, where a large quantity of iktas would be given away,—tin pans, guns, blankets, canoes, and money.
From Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California by Leighton, Caroline C.
It seems that any one who aspires to be a chief must first give a potlach to his tribe, at which he dispenses among them all his possessions.
From Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California by Leighton, Caroline C.
When the selfishness of men had driven the gods from the earth, the Great Ones held a council in Tskekowani, a potlach in the World Beyond.
From In the Time That Was by Sergeant, Judson T.
When they landed, they formed a procession, bearing a hundred new blankets, red and white, as a potlach to the tribe.
From Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California by Leighton, Caroline C.
Vocabulary lists containing potlatch
Native American History - Introductory
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Native American History - Middle School and High School
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The Early Americas and European Exploration, Lessons 1–2
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