Doug Cranmer Huxwhukw mask
Timeline of the Potlatch Conflict
The Museum Compromise
Stories of the Potlatch Collection
Timeline of the Potlatch Conflict
(Codere 94)
(Codere 52)
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Doug Cranmer Huxwhukw mask Timeline of the Potlatch Conflict The Museum Compromise
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Timeline of the Potlatch Conflict
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In 1849,
the Hudson's Bay Company established a trading post at Fort Rupert, bringing
increased wealth and large quanities of inexpensive trade goods. Meanwhile,
disease decimated the Indian population. Nobility lines and rights became
unclear and were claimed through potlatching by those who would not be able
to do so otherwise. These factors made for more extravagant potlatches,
eventually drawing the attention of Canadian governmental officials.
(Codere 94)
(Codere 52)
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