• The traditional potlatch among Athabaskan peoples was a gathering that combined aspects of competition, peacekeeping and a show of wealth. The traditional...
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    the elaborate ritual and gift-giving economy of the coastal peoples (see Athabaskan potlatch). A potlatch involves giving away or destroying wealth or valuable...
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    The Tanana Athabaskans, Tanana Athabascans or Tanana Athapaskans are an Alaskan Athabaskan peoples of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group. They...
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    Salish peoples, before Athabaskan-speaking groups now inland from them spread southwards, cutting the Nuxalk off from their linguistic relatives. The Wuikinuxv...
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    again widespread among many of the Nations that previously potlatched prior to the ban. Athabaskan potlatch Heiltsuk Indian Act Potlatch Notes Lutz 1992...
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    of the Russian Orthodox Church. The shaman within this culture was the middle-woman or man between spirits and the native peoples. Alaskan Athabaskan shamans...
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    some separate Prairie peoples from Great Plains peoples, while some separate Great Lakes tribes from the Northeastern Woodlands. The ten cultural areas are:[citation...
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    paving the way for colonization. In 1885, the Haida potlatch (Haida: waahlgahl) was outlawed under the Potlatch Ban. The elimination of the potlatch system...
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    such as the centrality of salmon as a resource and spiritual symbol. Their gift-giving feast, potlatch, is a highly complex event where people gather to...
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    jewelry was removed, a potlatch was held to celebrate and the girl would be considered eligible for marriage. Athabaskan peoples of Alaska and subarctic...
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    the Clearwater River)", not to confused with the Yakama peoples) Territories along the Potlatch River (which was called Yăká above its mouth into the...
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  • forced to live on the Siletz Reservation with many other Tribes and Bands, the southern bands (Nestucca, Salmon River and Siletz River peoples') territory being...
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    Yup'ik (redirect from Yup'ik peoples)
    Uqayuiḷat Koyukon Athabaskan: Nobaagha hutʼaankkaa [lit. 'coast people'] Denaʼina Athabaskan: Dutna, Naghelghazhna Upper Kuskokwim Athabaskan: sg. Dodina,...
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    Nuu-chah-nulth (redirect from Nootka people)
    Nuu-chah-nulth were among the first Pacific peoples north of California to encounter Europeans, who sailed into their area for trade, particularly the Maritime fur...
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    Indigenous peoples in Canada (also known as Aboriginals) are the indigenous peoples within the boundaries of Canada. They comprise the First Nations,...
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    Tanacross language (category Northern Athabaskan languages)
    Transitional Tanana) is an endangered Athabaskan language spoken by fewer than 60 people in eastern Interior Alaska. The word Tanacross (from "Tanana Crossing")...
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    peoples of the Americas The visual arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas encompasses the visual artistic practices of the Indigenous peoples...
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    Celilo Falls (redirect from The Chutes)
    Sahaptian speaking peoples and served as the center of an extensive trading network across the Pacific Plateau. Artifacts from the original village site...
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  • Index of articles related to Indigenous Canadians (category Indigenous peoples in Canada)
    Archaic period in the Americas Arctic Council Arctic small tool tradition Assembly of First Nations leadership conventions Athabaskan languages Attorney...
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    Such groups include the Coast Salish, Tsilhqotʼin, and Haida peoples, among many others. One of the earliest British settlements in the area was Fort Victoria...
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    Edward Sapir (category People from the Province of Pomerania)
    (The belts were finally returned to the Iroquois in 1988.) He also argued for the reversal of a Canadian law prohibiting the Potlatch ceremony of the West...
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  • Siletz (redirect from Siletz people)
    River. The name "Siletz" comes from the name of the Siletz River on which they live. The origin of the name is unknown (perhaps Oregon Athabaskan? variants:...
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    people who made them – Athabaskan Indians of the vast Interior, Inupiaq of the Northwestern Arctic coasts; Yupik and St. Lawrence Island Yupik of the...
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    Rogue River Wars (category Wars involving the indigenous peoples of North America in Oregon)
    languages here, the surviving native language in the 21st century is Siletz Deen-ni, an Athabaskan language related to Tolowa. The interaction of the Rogue River...
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    elaborately carved potlatch items and totem poles. In the Arctic archipelago, the distinctive Paleo-Eskimos known as Dorset peoples, whose culture has...
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  • Chinook Jargon (category Indigenous languages of the Pacific Northwest Coast)
    protecting the food supply. Related to this is high muckety muck, or Chinook hyas muckamuck. Potlatch – in Chinook Jargon is a ceremony among certain tribes...
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