Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance (1975)

Directed by Dennis Wheeler54mDocumentary

Presents the history of the conflict between the Canadian government and the Kwakiutl Indians of the Northwest Pacific over the ritual of the Potlatch. Archival photographs and films, wax roll sound recordings, police reports, the original potlatch files, and correspondence of agents form the basis of the reconstruction of period events, while the film centres on a Potlatch given today by the Cranmer family of Alert Bay.

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G
Year
1975
Country
CA
Language
English
Release date
1 January 1975
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Gloria Cranmer Webster
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