Potlatch as pedagogy : learning through ceremony /

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Banned for 67 years by the Canadian government, the potlatch, the foundational ceremony of the Haida people, determined social structure, transmitted cultural knowledge, and redistributed wealth. When these public ceremonies were revived in 1969 by the Elders who collectively remembered the historic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Davidson, Sara Florence, 1973- (Author), Davidson, Robert, 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Winnipeg, Manitoba : Portage & Main Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Haida Indians > Education > British Columbia.
Haida Indians > British Columbia > Rites and ceremonies.
Potlatch > British Columbia.
Haida > Éducation > Colombie-Britannique.
Haida > Colombie-Britannique > Rites et cérémonies.
Potlatch > Colombie-Britannique.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Haida Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Potlatch.
British Columbia.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Two working together
  • The story of sk'ad'a
  • "We were once silenced"
  • Celebrating one more time in a way they knew how
  • "That pole doesn't belong to you anymore"
  • Born "in the nick of time"
  • Potlatch as Pedagogy.

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