Former chief a lifelong defender of First Nation culture newwestrecord.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newwestrecord.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Gloria Cranmer Webster, first Indigenous woman to graduate from UBC, dies at age 91 cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In 1884, the Canadian government banned potlatches long, elaborate ceremonies with feasts, speeches, ritual songs and dances. They marked marriages, births, deaths, pole-raisings, the bestowing of names, the passing of a chief’s privileges, and more.