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private potlatch
Pacific Coast
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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the distribution of property and gifts at small gatherings without the customary ceremony, to circumvent the Potlatch Law, Hence, private potlatcher.
Quotations
1961
Perhaps even more central to the Indian interests was the discovery of a way to potlatch in spite of the law. It could be done through private potlatches and by disjointing the potlatch.
1961
The system of wardship and the legal procedures as experienced by the accused Indians and by the surreptitious and private potlachers could bring about no satisfactory redress in grievances for the Indians.