Sentences with phrase «potlatch ceremony»
CBC NEWS Read the article, «Historical ban on potlatch ceremony has lingering effects for Indigenous women» (2017).
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The U'mista Cultural Centre is an internationally - known facility that houses one of the finest collections of historical artifacts depicting the Potlatch Ceremony of the Kwakwaka «wakw.
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The Centre opened in 1979 to house the returned portion of the Potlatch Collection of sacred ceremonial objects and cedar bark regalia, which were used in Kwagiulth winter ceremonies.
The significance of the potlatch to Aboriginal traditions, ceremonies and governance structures was unfortunately incomprehensible to white settlers.
Outlawing the potlatch effectively destroyed the relevant First Nations» traditional government as the ceremony was used to make law, confer responsibilities, judge wrongdoing and makes amends for crimes in the community.