Among the Northwest Coast Indians (Tlingit, Haida, and others), potlatches traditionally are lavish community gatherings marking important events, such as funerals or marriages. In celebrations that often last many days, sumptuous meals are served; legends about clans and ancestors are sung and enacted with dances, masks, costumes, and drums; totem poles are often raised; and gifts are presented to all guests. Through this custom, cultural ties are renewed and strengthened. Using details from historical potlatches, and skillfully weaving in legends about animals and spirits revered by…mehr
Among the Northwest Coast Indians (Tlingit, Haida, and others), potlatches traditionally are lavish community gatherings marking important events, such as funerals or marriages. In celebrations that often last many days, sumptuous meals are served; legends about clans and ancestors are sung and enacted with dances, masks, costumes, and drums; totem poles are often raised; and gifts are presented to all guests. Through this custom, cultural ties are renewed and strengthened. Using details from historical potlatches, and skillfully weaving in legends about animals and spirits revered by Natives-Raven, Grizzly Bear, Salmon, Frog-Mary Beck creates a compelling account of the potlatch ceremony and its place in a community's celebration of life, death, and continuity.
Mary Giraudo Beck has lived Ketchikan, Alaska, since 1951, when she married a third-generation Alaskan. Besides rearing a family, she taught literature and writing courses for thirty years at Ketchikan Community College, a branch of the University of Alaska. Mary has an abiding interest in the Native culture of Southeast Alaska and a commitment to recording its oral literature. Previous works include two books, Heroes and Heroines in Tlingit-Haida Legend and Shamans and Kushtakas: North Coast Tales of the Supernatural, essays on Native mythology, and articles on travel by small boat to towns and Native communities in Southeast Alaska.
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Acknowledgments 4 INTRODUCTION 5 Raven Survives 12 CREMATION AND SMOKING FEAST 13 Raven Creates the Tides 22 PREPARATIONS 23 Raven and the Flood 34 THE INVITATION 35 Raven s Creations 44 HOUSE BUILDING 45 In the Whales Belly 54 WELCOME 55 Raven Sends Fish to the Streams 62 THE POTLATCH 63 Raven in a Fog 76 GIFTS AND PARTIES 77 Raven Loses His Beak 96 PRESTIGE POTLATCH 97 Raven and the Magic Seal Catcher 108 PEACE CEREMONY 109 Further Reading 126
Acknowledgments 4 INTRODUCTION 5 Raven Survives 12 CREMATION AND SMOKING FEAST 13 Raven Creates the Tides 22 PREPARATIONS 23 Raven and the Flood 34 THE INVITATION 35 Raven s Creations 44 HOUSE BUILDING 45 In the Whales Belly 54 WELCOME 55 Raven Sends Fish to the Streams 62 THE POTLATCH 63 Raven in a Fog 76 GIFTS AND PARTIES 77 Raven Loses His Beak 96 PRESTIGE POTLATCH 97 Raven and the Magic Seal Catcher 108 PEACE CEREMONY 109 Further Reading 126
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