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.
Some First Nations are working to repatriate sacred items and ancestral remains that were stolen and put in museums around the world and they’re succeeding.
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