| 单词 | potlatch |
| 例句 | As the characters make their winding way toward the vaunted potlatch, there are passages of quiet beauty, deep emotion and sharp observation. Review | In ‘Subduction,’ an anthropologist observing a remote fishing village becomes part of the story 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z “We bring it out at every potlatch,” George said. Museum of Natural History’s Renewed Hall Holds Treasures and Pain 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z The tale of Gaagiixiid is a cultural touchstone, a story of sin and redemption, traditionally performed at winter potlatch ceremonies, in which the Haida share songs, dances, and gifts. Can Film Save Indigenous Languages? 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z We debated schemes for fund-raising but reluctantly decided that they would violate the party’s potlatch character. The Pyro-American in Me 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Despite this setback, the Abbasids defined the sumptuous and extravagant potlatch style of the high-court feasts that resumed with the Ayyubid caliphate, which occurred after Saladin’s armies took back Jerusalem from the Europeans. A Feast for “Jerusalem” at the Met 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z One of the earliest pieces to enter the collection, in 1883, the canoe was embellished for exhibition in 1910 with figures representing Tlingits on their way to a potlatch ceremony. Museum of Natural History’s Renewed Hall Holds Treasures and Pain 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z An 1884 Canadian law prohibiting the potlatch ceremonies integral to the raising of totem poles further repressed traditions. Book review: History of totem pole is a story of near-death and rebirth of an art form 2010-05-26T23:20:00Z The skillful netting of ducks scared up from Lake Union provided ample protein for potlatches and other tribal festivities. A Seattle saloonkeeper’s civic sensibility inspired a lasting auditorium 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z In the Pacific Northwest, groups held potlatches, big feasts that showed a person’s wealth and rank in the community. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Cultural gatherings like the canoe journey shared among tribes at Puget Sound and potlatches — ceremonial feasts that involve gift giving — are part of the equation, he said. Tribes say settlement funds will help heal devastating damage from opioid crisis 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z “They remember potlatch funerals with only 20-30 people — a generation was wiped out by the pandemic of 1918. That has been an ongoing reflection for me this entire year.” How 8 Washingtonians you met through our pages this year navigated the chaos that was 2020 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z They traveled as a family all over the Northwest to potlatches and feasts and Camp Nor’Wester. Bill Holm, a giant of Native Northwest Coast art, dies at 95 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z This post-arrival ceremony is based on a tradition known as potlatch, practiced by Coast Salish tribes for hundreds of years. 30 years after the Paddle to Seattle, Tribal Canoe Journeys represent healing and revival 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z The Lummi Nation says it expects 10,000 people and more than 100 canoes to ultimately arrive on its shores, at which point the participants will share in potlatch, with traditional song, dance and testimonies.” Northwest tribes land at Alki during annual canoe journey 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z The name given her by her grandmother in a potlatch naming ceremony and brings with it a deep sense of dignity and obligation. The pioneering ex-minister at the centre of a Canadian scandal 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Echo-Hawk’s family was adopted into the tribe in a potlatch with “a huge ceremony — it was the official, Athabascan way.” Hillel Echo-Hawk is used to questions. Birch Basket answers with indigenous-based, pre-colonization foods 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Traditional religious ceremonies called potlatches were banned by the Canadian government until the 1950s, and sacred regalia was burned as punishment for holding them. First Nations Fight to Protect the Rare Spirit Bear from Hunters 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z The potlatch was banned in Canada from the 1850s until the 1950s, and the journeys of the late 1980s and early 1990s helped revive the potlatch tradition. 30 years after the Paddle to Seattle, Tribal Canoe Journeys represent healing and revival 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z One chief held an extravagant potlatch to try and shame the other, but his adversary showed up in an extravagant Chilkat robe, stealing the show. Rare Chilkat robe returns to Juneau after donation 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z On many occasions that day, as Boxley presided over a potlatch at Ballard High School attended by hundreds, the master carver beamed pride only marginally connected to “Eagle’s Spirit” itself. A master carver creates a totem pole to honor his sister-in-law 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z West Coast fishing tribes were so rich that they could afford to destroy some of their wealth, such as canoes, baskets and even food, in “potlatch” ceremonies. It’s Time for the Feds to Get Out of Indian Country 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Many tribes are rebuilding the “big houses” where potlatches and other ceremonies are held, sometimes with money earned from tourist operations. First Nations Fight to Protect the Rare Spirit Bear from Hunters 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z A Tlingit might spend years gathering pelts, blankets, and weapons, then give them all away in a feast, called a potlatch, which often featured a pole-raising. The Movie Star and the Missing Totem Pole 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z After lunch, Mr Erickson took the microphone to preside over the potlatch ceremony, which would cement their opposition to Northern Gateway under traditional law. Pipeline fight for Canada's 'soul' 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z He had just returned from a Government “potlatch” at the Tulalip agency. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z After looking at anthropological research into the potlatch, and talking with a Kwakwaka’wakw Indian chief who carries on this gift-giving ritual in British Columbia, I concluded that lavish presents are essential to social harmony. Findings: Aiming for the Perfect Gift? It?s Much Closer Than You Think 2011-12-12T23:58:33Z But those who have received much are expected to return the compliment by also giving a "potlatch," to which guests come from far and near. The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island 2011-11-15T03:00:19.650Z Graeber is a 50-year-old anthropologist—among the brightest, some argue, of his generation—who made his name with innovative theories on exchange and value, exploring phenomena such as Iroquois wampum and the Kwakiutl potlatch. The Anti-Leader of Occupy Wall Street 2011-10-27T03:35:40Z Before I came to Puget Sound I had heard of a cultus potlatch. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z I suppose he had secured his outfit as a ‘cultus potlatch’ from persons he had met. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z And if you really want to save time and money, you might borrow another custom from the potlatch: re-gifting. Findings: Aiming for the Perfect Gift? It?s Much Closer Than You Think 2011-12-12T23:58:33Z There was no war for its own sake, no confederation of powerful tribes, no communal stone pueblos, no totems, or potlatches. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z She had just arranged her score or so of dolls in potlatch order, with the most favored near at hand, when the dog, charging that way, threatened to upset the whole company. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z A potlatch is the giving-away of all of our earthly possessions without any hope or expectation of any return, either in kind or value. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z This was the "potlatch," a thing to us so foreign, even in the impulse of which it is begotten, that we have no word or phrase to give its meaning. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z It's like the potlatch ceremony practised by some Native American cultures. Tom Ewing 2010-07-22T21:59:00Z A vast credit system has grown up based on the custom of loaning property at high interest, at the great festivals called "potlatch" and by it the giver gains great honour. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z In these houses were held the potlatches, or gift parties, which were made by the wealthy chiefs. The Story of Sitka The Historic Outpost of the Northwest Coast When he had secured a large accumulation of such things, he gave a potlatch. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z He does this because he aspires to a chieftainship, or merely for the credit of a "potlatch"—a high distinction. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z In potlatch, status isn't established by possession of goods, it's determined by the willingness to give them away. Tom Ewing 2010-07-22T21:59:00Z Now followed the potlatch,—the giving of gifts. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. The potlatches were of different kinds, although all partook of the nature of a feasting or merrymaking and were distinguished by the giving of gifts. The Story of Sitka The Historic Outpost of the Northwest Coast He said it was all the same as that of the whites, but it was much better than the white man's potlatch. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z It is the white man who is to enjoy a greater than all previous potlatches in that region. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z Seen as sheer waste, potlatch horrified western colonisers and ended up illegal for much of the 20th century. Tom Ewing 2010-07-22T21:59:00Z Such giving of gifts, or potlatches, are still known among the Indians. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. His English vocabulary was very limited and he was accustomed for many years to fly the Russian flag over his canoe when he went out to a neighboring village for a potlatch. The Story of Sitka The Historic Outpost of the Northwest Coast He sent a large canoe with eight paddle-men to take me to the potlatch. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z They gladly accepted his suggestion, and all of them returned to their village near Skagway, with sufficient wealth to make them independent until the next “potlatch,” when they would probably give it all away. The Boy Scouts on the Yukon Taking all that in would mean roughly five days of near-monastic dedication, so potlatch culture needs new listening strategies to cope with the suddenness of having so much new music to hear at once. Tom Ewing 2010-07-22T21:59:00Z At times of feasts, when they had a potlatch, or at the making of a "medicine-man," the reserve was a lively place and the noise deafening with their yells, both day and night. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria An old native whom we met on his way to the potlatch later in the day spread out his hands with a look of despair and cried: "Good trail all lose'm!" Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska As the time approached, many canoes were on the Bay, headed by a joyous crowd going to the potlatch. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z You come me potlatch,” which Jim explained was an invitation to visit him at his village on the occasion of a merrymaking similar to a Christmas celebration. The Boy Scouts on the Yukon "She potlatch you," explained Senott, supplementing her words with eloquent eyes and hands. Where the Sun Swings North A potlatch among the tribes of the Northwest means a feast at which some wealthy Indian gives away to his own people or to a friendly tribe all that he has. The Log School-House on the Columbia The show-shoe trail we were following was made by a messenger despatched by the Minchúmina people to invite the Talida people to a potlatch; for the caches were filled with moose meat beyond local consumption. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska Costly entertainments, such as the potlatch or the ball, are peculiarly adapted to serve this end. Theory of the Leisure Class In those days we were permitted to attend the potlatches and witness the animal and other dances, among which were the "Panther," "Red Headed Woodpecker," "Wild Swan" and the "Sawbill Duck." Indian Legends of Vancouver Island And when he was very old, being greatest of chiefs and richest of men, he gave a potlatch. Children of the Frost Many pieces of goods had been provided for the potlatch; and these were given away, given and received with dignified politeness. Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin He counted the money, and then the charms over and over again, dwelling at length upon the wonderful curative powers of the latter, but finally accepting my offer with the addition of a small potlatch. Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia At their "potlatches," as the raising bees were called by the whites, trading went on vigorously. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America His house was large, so large that when he called his people to a great potlatch, they all could find within its walls an ample space to feast and dance. Indian Legends of Vancouver Island And so, because there was weight to his words, he counselled peace; and he journeyed to every potlatch and feast and tribal gathering that he might counsel peace. Children of the Frost Ted's share of the potlatch was a beautiful blanket of Tanana's weaving, and he was delighted beyond measure. Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin They quarrelled bitterly over their rank for a long time, Nin-Ging-Wash, by means of his more liberal potlatches finally prevailing, but not until two of their adherants had been killed. Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia These potlatches were social as well as industrial functions, and dancing and singing were interspersed with the feasting. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America Outside the Fort preparations were under way for a potlatch. The Faith of Men It was a feast great almost as the potlatch of Ligoun. Children of the Frost We have other girl children; she is now wedded to the Moon; to him we need not give a potlatch.' Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin The greatest potlatches are given by the chiefs, either for the purpose of obtaining or retaining the chieftaincy. Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia At the potlatches the children of chiefs were initiated into secret societies. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America The potlatch is usually preceded by a feast, also provided by the donor. Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia Whenever a great house or carved pole is erected, there is a feast and potlatch for all who assist in the work. Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia At subsequent potlatches he received in his turn a measure of their goods in proportion to his own gifts, so that he was sometimes richer than before. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America In most instances a record is kept of the property dispensed, and an equivalent, if not already received, is expected at some future potlatch. Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia One of the ways in which individuals maintained their social position was by giving away quantities of goods of all kinds at the potlatches which they organized. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America |
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