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Persistent to potlatch: The continuity of Nuu-Chah-Nulth potlatches through COVID-19
Since time immemorial, coastal nations have engaged in the potlatch ceremony. Serving a wide range of purposes, Nuu-Chah-Nulth peoples utilized the ceremony as a means of preserving their histories. Some Nuu-Chah-Nulth-aht have argued that the potlatch is a key component to Nuu-Chah-Nulth sovereignty and an essential means to being a self-governing nation. Among the various types of potlatch ceremonies, there is one common denominator in a Nuu-Chah-Nulth potlatch: it is to be hosted by a Hawiith in his home Haahoothlee.
The types of potlatches that Nuu-Chah-Nulth people hosted covered a wide spectrum. Potlatches are a means of observing big moments such as naming ceremonies; typically, one-year-old children received their first name at a potlatch. Another type of ceremony was the coming-of-age ceremonies, hosted for young ladies after they transitioned to womanhood. The most significant potlatch