First Nations Studies 2217F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Totem Pole, Potlatch
BC#has#no#old#treaties
BC#is#still#making#treaties
Totem#Poles#are#mainly#in#the#West#Coast
Potlatch#was#outlawed#in#BC#and#this#almost#eliminated#the#culture
Someone#would#sponsor#a#potlatch#in#different#situations
Wedding
•
First#grandchild
•
Selected#as#a#chief#
•
At#potlatch#everyone#would#give#away#their#most#prizely#things
Everyone's#wealth#increased
Everyone's#wealth#was#equal#and#there#was#no#poor#people#
Lecture'10
Tuesday,# March#15,#2016
1:32#PM