Definition of Potlaches

1. potlache [n] - See also: potlache

Lexicographical Neighbors of Potlaches

pothunters
pothunting
pothuntings
poticary
potiche
potiches
potichomania
potin
poting
potins
potion
potions
potjiekos
potlach
potlache
potlaches (current term)
potlatch
potlatched
potlatcher
potlatchers
potlatches
potlatching
potless
potlid
potlids
potlike
potlikker
potline
potlines
potluck

Literary usage of Potlaches

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Man by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1905)
"The most excessive death rate occurred in British Columbia, and is attributed to the crowding together of the people at potlaches, and probably, too, ..."

2. The Development of Religion: A Study in Anthropology and Social Psychology by Irving King (1910)
"There were also social gatherings called potlaches, at which there was a general distribution of presents by a wealthy individual or family. ..."

3. Handbook of Canada by Robert Ramsay Wright, James Mavor (1897)
"To Dr. Boas we owe our knowledge of the intricate social organization, and numerous secret societies of the Kwakiutl, which, like the potlaches of the ..."

4. Handbook of Canada by Robert Ramsay Wright, James Mavor (1897)
"To Dr. Boas we owe our knowledge of the intricate social organization, and numerous secret societies of the Kwakiutl, which, like the potlaches of the ..."

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