potlatch
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The skillful netting of ducks scared up from Lake Union provided ample protein for potlatches and other tribal festivities.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2022
Cultural gatherings like the canoe journey shared among tribes at Puget Sound and potlatches — ceremonial feasts that involve gift giving — are part of the equation, he said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2022
Over a series of social gatherings and potlatches, the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in entrusted knowledge to others for safekeeping.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2021
They traveled as a family all over the Northwest to potlatches and feasts and Camp Nor’Wester.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2020
At their "potlatches," as the raising bees were called by the whites, trading went on vigorously.
From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Huntington, Ellsworth
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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