Potlatch as Pedagogy: Learning Through Ceremony

by Robert Davidson, Sara Davidson, Sara Florence Davidson

In 1884, the Canadian government enacted a ban on the potlatch, the foundational ceremony of the Haida people. The tradition, which determined social structure, transmitted cultural knowledge, and redistributed wealth, was seen as a cultural impediment to the government's aim of assimilation.

The tradition did not die, however; the knowledge of the ceremony was kept alive by the Elders through other events until the ban was lifted. In 1969,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1553797736
• ISBN13: 9781553797739
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Portage & Main Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 8.9"