Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

1975
54m
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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies
U'mista Cultural Society
Production Countries
Canada
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

colonialism canadian history indigenous peoples indigenous rights indigenous sovereignty

Quick Facts

Release Date January 1, 1975
Status Released
Language EN
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Cast

Gloria Cranmer Webster
Gloria Cranmer Webster

Narrator

Key Crew

Dennis Wheeler
Director
Tom Shandel
Producer