Potlatching



Potlatching

Potlatching is a traditional feast among certain Native American peoples of the northwest Pacific coast, as in festival of a accession or marriage, at which the host hands out gifts according to each guest's status or rank. Between competitor groups the potlatch can engage competitive or extravagant giving and obliteration by the host of valued items as a exhibition of greater possessions.

Kwakiutl is the name given to the people of one of the tribes of British Columbia who know themselves as the Kwakwaka'wakw, and have five dialects to their Kwak'wala language that stems from the Wakashan phyla. The Kwakiutl are ...