potlatch
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- A ceremonial feast held by some indians of the northwestern coast of north america (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)
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📰 This Word in the News:
‘Like a Family Member Has Come Home’: Celebratory Potlatch in Tyonek Honors Gift from The Nature Conservancy
May 22, 2015 Native American Rights Fund
May 22, 2015 Native American Rights Fund
Tips From the Potlatch, Where Giving Knows No Slump (Published 2008)
Dec 15, 2008 The New York Times
Dec 15, 2008 The New York Times