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lahal
[< slahal Chinook etlaltlal]
Esp. Pacific Coast
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:la halle, lahelle, lehal
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
an Indian gambling game taking various forms, the winner being the player to whom falls a marked object (as a disc) mixed with several similar but unmarked objects.
Quotations
1906
Lehal, which appears to be played in the same way as among the southern tribes, is also in vogue.
1934
. . . as (the gamblers) played their ancient game, La halle. . . .
1963
Performances include the Swai-Swai dance, Lahal or stick game, Salish Mask dance, medicine, paddle and masked dances.