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An iron hand upon the people : the law against the potlatch on the Northwest coast

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

eBook, English, ©1990
Douglas & McIntyre : University of Washington Press, Vancouver, Seattle, Wash., ©1990