Potlatch as Pedagogy Drama Mary Cardinal Collins

Mary Cardinal Collins

or b'gwus and this sighting introduces the novel's fascinating undercurrent of characters from the spirit world

and Jane Yolen

This is a valuable resource for learning and teaching the Navajo language produced by Navajo educators

Potlatch as Pedagogy Drama Mary Cardinal CollinsIn 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 governments 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, a potlatch