Feasts

Elders discuss: loss of values; loss of language; the role of the old ceremonies; the responsibility of the elders to teach the young people.

Discusses attitudes toward the dead and traditional medicine.

Description of the customs, performances, and ceremonies associated with the death of a Sitka chief.

Collection includes over 2,300 original photographs, annual reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior from 1851 to 1908 and six Indian Treaties negotiated in 1855. Study questions suitable for use by K-12 teachers.

Discusses data gathered from field work on Kwakiutl life and examines Boas' account of winter dances and potlatches between 1895-1896.

Brief overview of First Nations people in British Columbia including totem poles, glossary of terms related to school programs, and terms related to First Nations issues.

Consists of an interview on the origin of the Beaver Bundle and its transferal.

An interview that describes some boyhood memories. The interviewee also describes two dances, the Give Away and Wolf Feast ceremonies.

Consists of an interview where he describes the rituals associated with the Hamatsa dance. He also tells a story of how the Hamatsa dance originated.

Book review of: Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlach edited by Aldona Jonaitis.

Looks at effects of the Indian Act and the damage done to First Nations children in residential schools and child welfare services.

General account of his life.

Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 8 (p. [1]-300).

Examines turn-of-the-century culture using missionary correspondence, archival photographers and Native accounts to show assimilation as an envisioning process.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.11 (p.461-474).

Critical commentary on the article "Desperately Seeking Absolution: Native Agency as Colonist Alibi?" by Robin Brownlie and Mary-Ellen Kelm, published in Canadian Historical Review Vol. 75, No. 4, December 1994, pp. 543-557.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 2011.

Overview of various interpretations of the Kwakiutl ceremony and comparison to practices of Alaskan groups.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio State University, 2011.

Consists of an interview where she tells of a frightening trip through the woods as a child.

Looks at the changes brought about through acculturation of the Potlatch which has assumed the function of feasting.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1973.

General reminiscences of her life and work.

Discusses mourning feast customs in the novel and how the author changes several of them. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to page 50.

Consists of an interview with Fine Day where he describes the experience of a man who returns from the dead. He also gives a general description of a sweat lodge.

Provides description and editorial comments on various aspects of the ceremony; based on information collected in 1926 by Earna Gunther.

Consists of an interview that tells the story of the origin of the Ghost Dance as well as the story of the acquisition of the Shaggy Pipe.

Offers guidance on appropriate behaviour and dress when seeking information from Elders or Knowledge Keepers and attending ceremonies, feasts and other cultural events in Treaty Four territory and the homeland of the Métis.

General reminiscences about their lives. Gives English translation for certain Indian words.

Website focuses on Tlingit history with links to, carving, dance, potlatches, and more.

Comments on the laws and the search for missing artifacts related to the ceremony.

Consists of an interview on the origins of the Holy Lodge; the story of the Holy Turnip (same story as IH-AA.020); the story of the elk woman and her jealous husband; the story of the widows who offered themselves to the sun and how these events led to the offering ceremony and then to the Holy Lodge (This account continues on IH-AA.112)

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells how the Indians caught eagles and describes the various uses of eagle feathers. He also describes the significance of various headdresses.

Explores social, religious, ceremonial and traditions of masking and shamanism of the Haida and Kwakwakawak (Kwakiutl).

Book review of: An Iron Hand Upon the People by Douglas Cole and Ira Chaikin. To read review, scroll to page 218.

Consists of an interview where he mentions a smallpox epidemic in 1876, his life as a seal hunter and talks about an early missionary to his people.

Consists of an interview that is a very general discussion about potlatches.

Gives Indian words for a variety of English terms. Explains significance of dance cycles.

Discussion about fishing, trapping, settlements and celebrations.

Paper explores and discusses customary law among the Gitksan of northwest British Columbia.

Website provides links to introduction to Potlatch, people, lands, history, language, educational resources, and a virtual tour.

Consists of an interview with Margaret Siwallace where she mentions a flood legend of her people. She briefly describes the initital encounter of her people with Alexander MacKenzie.

This is an interview with Mark Wolfleg held on the Blackfoot Reserve.