 [pŏt́lăch́]
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We are Potlatch Corporation, a verified leader in sustainable forestry. With 1.6 million acres certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, we grow trees, sell timber, and make a wide variety of forest products. ... Potlatch Announces Tax Treatment for 2009 Dividend Distributions...
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These community sites feature easy-to-use business and resource listings, classifieds, community events and news. Each community website features local news and announcements as well as links to other First Step sponsored community websites. ... The community of Potlatch began as a company town for Potlatch Forests Inc,
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Potlatch: where SF readers and writers meet on common ground ... potlatch n. (1) A ceremonial feast among certain Native American peoples of the northwest Pacific coast ... at which the host distributes gifts requiring reciprocation [Chinook & Nootka: patshatl, to make a potlatch gift].
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Potlatch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Potlatch figure welcoming guests; PMAE # 2004.1.808 ... Potlatches are to be distinguished from feasts in that guests are invited to a potlatch to share food and receive gifts or payment. Potlatches held by commoners were mainly local, while elites often invited guests from many tribes.
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Want to see more Potlatch objects? Visit the Peabody Museum; Collections Online ... This virtual exhibit is the online counterpart to a yearly teaching display exhibited in the Peabody Museum that highlights somes of the wonderful potlatch objects in the museum collections.
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Tsimshians and other Northwest Coast Indians held Potlatches many hundreds of years ago. A Potlatch served many important functions. Long ago, before people wrote deeds to show ownership, property, wills and prove inheritances, having a Potlatch was a way for people to claim rank privileges.
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The role of Potlatches in the history of the United States of America. ... The potlatch was a key Northwest ceremony that demonstrated a community's conception of wealth and society.
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