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potlatch

[pot-lach] / ˈpɒt lætʃ /


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Back in February, when COVID-19 felt more like an uneasy rumor than a crisis, Colleen Echohawk traveled to Mentasta Lake, Alaska, for a potlatch funeral.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2020

In 2019, the museum entered into a contract with Carey Newman, an artist from Kwakwaka’wakw First Nation, by taking part in a potlatch — a traditional ceremony.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2020

As the characters make their winding way toward the vaunted potlatch, there are passages of quiet beauty, deep emotion and sharp observation.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2020

A Tlingit might spend years gathering pelts, blankets, and weapons, then give them all away in a feast, called a potlatch, which often featured a pole-raising.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 13, 2015

O O Saghalie Tyee, God nesika our Papa, Father, nesika we wawa say mahsie thanks kopa to mika, thee, mika thou hast potlatch given kopa to nesika us okoke this muckamuck. food.

From Hymns in the Chinook Jargon Language by Eells, Myron




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