Answer these questions:
Part A. Look at the first two pages: Natural Riches and Following the Oolichan
Name three reasons why fishing is important to the Kwakwaka’wakw.
Part B: People of the Potlatch, Potlatch gifts, and Potlatch Prohibition
Name three reasons why the Kwakwaka’wakw hold potlatches.
Why are gifts given to guests? What kind of reciprocity do you think this kind of gift giving is (generalized, balanced, or negative)? Why? (Topic 5. Modes of Exchange: Reciprocity)
Why was the potlatch outlawed? What do you think about the law? Explain.
Part C: Concepts of Wealth
What kinds of things do the Kwakwaka’wakw consider most valuable?
What kinds of things give the Kwakwaka’wakw status?
How are the Kwakwaka’wakw’s ideas of wealth different from yours?
How is the potlatch an example of redistribution? (Topic 5. Modes of Exchange: Redistribution)
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