Watch the video, Box of Treasures (24:47)
Responding to the following prompts in a journal (500 words minimum):
What are the meanings of the potlatch for the Kwa Kwaka’Wakw people?
What do potlatches mean to the Canadian government? Why were they outlawed?
What does “U’Mista” mean in Kwa Kwala?
How do the Kwa Kwaka make their living?
Explain the meaning of the following statement: “The center is to be more than a Museum.”
How is the potlatch a method of redistribution (etic view)?
Why is a total social phenomenon (etic view)?
If you ask the Kwa Kwaka’Waka people what the potlatch represented, what would they say (emic view)?
