| This kind of destruction should not be confounded with the burning of valuables during a potlatch. |
| He was an anthropologist who worked on the potlatch originally and became fascinated with these cycles by which a thing had value, lost value, regained value. |
| And on this chilly Friday afternoon, the group is creating button blankets, traditionally used in First Nations ceremonies such as the potlatch. |
| Many sources describe the potlatch as a ceremony for the purpose of wealth display. |
| The Inuit who held the potlatch would often give away his most valuable possessions at the ceremony. |
| A potlatch was given by an heir or successor to assert and validate his newly assumed social position. |
