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Potlatch, 1951

City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives A-15-20. Benjamin W. Leeson photo. 1951 Potlatch Posing in their potlatch finery, these First Nations people take part in an illegal potlatch in Quatsino, northern Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Island, sometime between 1895 and 1898.

 City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives A-15-20. Benjamin W. Leeson photo.City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives A-15-20. Benjamin W. Leeson photo.

1951

Potlatch

Posing in their potlatch finery, these First Nations people take part in an illegal potlatch in Quatsino, northern Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Island, sometime between 1895 and 1898. An important part of coastal First Nations culture, potlatches were banned by the Canadian government in 1884 and not allowed again until 1951.

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