Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance
January 1, 1975 0h 54m
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Documentary
Overview
Presents the history of the conflict between the Canadian government and the Kwakiutl Indians of the Northwest Pacific over the ritual of the Potlatch. Archival photographs and films, wax roll sound recordings, police reports, the original potlatch files, and correspondence of agents form the basis of the reconstruction of period events, while the film centres on a Potlatch given today by the Cranmer family of Alert Bay.
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Top Cast
Gloria Cranmer Webster
Narrator
Status: Released
Production Companies: U'mista Cultural Society
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