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An iron hand upon the people : the law against the potlatch on the Northwest coast / Douglas Cole & Ira Chaikin.

Title
An iron hand upon the people : the law against the potlatch on the Northwest coast / Douglas Cole & Ira Chaikin.
Author
Cole, Douglas, 1938-
Publication
Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre ; Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press, c1990.

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Chaikin, Ira
Description
230 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
Re-examination of the history of the potlatch, the law and the Indians response to the legislation. Despite being subjected to a paternalism that became increasingly authoritarian, British Columbia's Indians remained significant participants in their own cultural destiny.
Subject
  • Indians of North America > Legal status, laws, etc. > Northwest Coast of North America
  • Indians of North America > Northwest Coast of North America > Government relations
  • Indians of North America > Northwest Coast of North America > Rites and ceremonies
  • Potlatch > Northwest Coast of North America
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-223) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
"A very complex institution" -- "A worse than useless custom" -- "The law is as weak as a baby" -- "The very best discretion" -- "The incorrigible Kwakiutl" -- "Those who breach the law must be punished" -- "The potlatch is killed" -- "All we want is justice" -- "Acts of Christian charity" -- "Advancing in a civilized world" -- "What is best for the Indians."
ISBN
0295970502 (acid-free paper) :
LCCN
^^^90044889^
OCLC
22240008
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library