Look up: Potlatch

1. Potlatch
   A festival and distribution of gifts, a feast.
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2. potlatch
   Ceremony of West Coast American Indian peoples in which the host gave away property in order to raise the prestige and social rank of the clan. Potlatches were practised among the Tlingit, Chilkat,...
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3. Potlatch
   Pot'latch` noun [ Chinook potlatch , pahtlatch , from Nootka pahchilt , pachalt , a gift.] 1. Among the Kwakiutl, Chimmesyan, and other Indians of the northwestern coast of North America, a ceremonial distribution by ...
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4. potlatch
   noun a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his sup...
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5. Potlatch
   • (n.) Among the Kwakiutl, Chimmesyan, and other Indians of the northwestern coast of North America, a ceremonial distribution by a man of gifts to his own and neighboring tribesmen, often, formerly, to his own impoverishment. Feasting, dancing, and public ceremonies accompany it. • (n.) H...
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6. potlatch
   ceremonial distribution of property and gifts to affirm or reaffirm social status, as uniquely institutionalized by the American Indians of the ... [15 related articles]
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7. potlatch
   potlatch (pot'lăch") , ceremonial feast of the natives of the NW coast of North America, entailing the public distribution of property. The host and his relatives lavishly distributed gifts to invited guests, who were expected to accept any gifts offered with the understanding that at ...
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8. Potlatch
   A `potlatch` is a gift-giving festival and primary economic system<ref name="Aldona Jonaitis 1991">Aldona Jonaitis. Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch. U. Washington Press 1991. ISBN 978-0295971148.--> practiced by indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Th...
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9. Potlatch
   (album) `Potlatch` is the second album by American band Redbone. Track listing: Side one: #"Maggie" (L. Vegas) – 5:06 #"Light as a Feather" (P.Vegas) – 1:56 #"Who Can Say" (L. Vegas) – 2:50 #"Judgement Day" (L. Vegas) â€â€...
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10. Potlatch
    (convention) `Potlatch` is an annual non-profit science fiction convention held in the Pacific Northwest region of North America since 1992. Unlike most SF conventions, Potlatch designates a "Book of Honor" rather than author, editor, fan, and/or artist "Guests of Honor." References : <references/> External links :
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11. Potlatch
    (steamship) {| `Potlatch` was a steamship which was operated on Hood Canal from 1912 to 1917, on Puget Sound from 1917 to 1937, although the vessel was little used after 1917. Design and constructions: Following the loss of the nearly-new but wooden steamship Clallam in 1904, Jo...
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