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Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance 1975 Directed by Dennis Wheeler

Presents the history of the conflict between the Canadian government and the Kwakiutl Indians of the Northwest Pacific over the ritual of the Potlatch. Archival photographs and films, wax roll sound recordings, police reports, the original potlatch files, and correspondence of agents form the basis of the reconstruction of period events, while the film centres on a Potlatch given today by the Cranmer family of Alert Bay.

Country Canada
Production Country Canada
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Documentary
Production Company U'mista Cultural Society
Release Date 1 January 1975
54 mins
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