Potlatch as Pedagogy: Learning Through Ceremony by Sara Davidson, Robert Davidson
English | October 12th, 2018 | ISBN: 1553797736 | 96 pages | True PDF | 7.58 MB
In 1884, the Canadian government enacted a ban on the potlatch, the foundational ceremony of the Haida people. The tradition, which determined social structure, transmitted cultural knowledge, and redistributed wealth, was seen as a cultural impediment to the government's aim of assimilation.