Potlatch
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Potlatch

Native Ceremony and Myth on the Northwest Coast

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Potlatch

Native Ceremony and Myth on the Northwest Coast

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About This Book

Among the Northwest Coast Indians (Tlingit, Haida, and others), potlatches traditionally are lavish community gatherings marking important events, such as funerals or marriages. In celebrations that often last many days, sumptuous meals are served; legends about clans and ancestors are sung and enacted with dances, masks, costumes, and drums; totem poles are often raised; and gifts are presented to all guests. Through this custom, cultural ties are renewed and strengthened.

Using details from historical potlatches, and skillfully weaving in legends about animals and spirits revered by Natives—Raven, Grizzly Bear, Salmon, Frog—Mary Beck creates a compelling account of the potlatch ceremony and its place in a community's celebration of life, death, and continuity.

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Publisher
Alaska Northwest Books
Year
2013
ISBN
9780882409443
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Native American Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Raven Survives
  9. Cremation and Smoking Feast
  10. Raven Creates the Tides
  11. Preparations
  12. Raven and the Flood
  13. The Invitation
  14. Raven’s Creations
  15. House Building
  16. In the Whale’s Belly
  17. Welcome
  18. Raven Sends Fish to the Streams
  19. The Potlatch
  20. Raven in a Fog
  21. Gifts and Parties
  22. Raven Loses His Beak
  23. Prestige Potlatch
  24. Raven and the Magic Seal Catcher
  25. Peace Ceremony
  26. Further Reading
  27. About the Author
  28. About the Illustrator