USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A Potlatch is characterized by a ceremony in which possessions are given away, or destroyed, to display wealth, generosity and enhance prestige. The term ‘Potlatch’ has been taken from a Nootka Indian word meaning “gift". The Nootka, are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada.

Detailed explanation-2: -potlatch, ceremonial distribution of property and gifts to affirm or reaffirm social status, as uniquely institutionalized by the American Indians of the Northwest Pacific coast. The potlatch reached its most elaborate development among the southern Kwakiutl from 1849 to 1925.

Detailed explanation-3: -A potlatch is a gift-giving feast practiced by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada and the United States, among whom it is traditionally the primary governmental institution, legislative body, and economic system.

Detailed explanation-4: -Today’s potlatch involves feasting, singing, dancing, and speeches-but one of the most unique aspects of the ceremony is the distribution of gifts to all invited guests.

Detailed explanation-5: -Curtis and published in the early 20th century. The noun is borrowed from Chinook Jargon potlatch, pátlač (“to give; gift; gift-giving ceremony, potlatch”), from Nootka Jargon pa’chatle, pa’chēētle, pah-chilt (“to give, give me”), from Nootka p̕ačiƛ (“to give a gift during a potlatch ceremony”).