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Potlatch
A potlatch is a gift-giving festival and primary economic system practiced by indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada and United States. This includes Heiltsuk Nation, Haida, Nuxalk, Tlingit, Makah, Tsimshian, Nuu-chah-nulth, Kwakwaka'wakw, and Coast Salish cultures...

is a ceremony among indigenous peoples in North America.

Potlatch may also refer to:
  • Potlatch Corp.
    Potlatch Corp.
    Potlatch Corporation is an American diversified forest products company based in Spokane, Washington. It manufactures and sells lumber, panels and particleboard and receives revenue from other assets such as mineral rights and the leasing of land as well as the sale of land considered expendable.In...

    , a Fortune 1000 forest paper and paperboard producer
  • Potlatch, Idaho
    Potlatch, Idaho
    Potlatch is a city in Latah County, Idaho, United States. The population was 791 at the 2000 census.-History:Potlatch was founded in 1905 as a company town by the Potlach Corporation. The townsite was chosen because of proximity to Potlatch Corporation's large holdings of western white pine on the...

    , a town in the United States
  • Potlatch River
    Potlatch River
    The Potlatch River is in the state of Idaho in the United States. About long, it is the lowermost major tributary to the Clearwater River, a tributary of the Snake River that is in turn a tributary of the Columbia River...

    , Idaho
  • Potlatch, Washington
    Potlatch, Washington
    Potlatch is an unincorporated community in Mason County, Washington, United States. It is located on the western shore of The Great Bend of Hood Canal, near the mouth of the Skokomish River....

    , an unincorporated community in the United States
    • Potlatch State Park
      Potlatch State Park
      Potlatch State Park is a state park in the state of Washington in the United States. It is located on Hood Canal near the town of Potlatch.-External links:*, Washington State Parks...

      , a camping shoreline park surrounding Potlatch, Washington
  • Potlatch (convention)
    Potlatch (convention)
    Potlatch is an annual non-profit science fiction convention held in the Pacific Northwest region of North America since 1992. Unlike most SF conventions, Potlatch designates a "Book of Honor" rather than author, editor, fan, and/or artist "Guests of Honor."...

    , an annual science fiction convention in the Pacific Northwest
  • Potlatch (album)
    Potlatch (album)
    Potlatch is the second album by American band Redbone.-Side one:#"Maggie" – 5:06#"Light as a Feather" – 1:56#"Who Can Say" – 2:50#"Judgement Day" – 2:30...

    , by Redbone
  • Potlatch (steamship)
    Potlatch (steamship)
    Potlatch was a steamship which was operated on Hood Canal from 1912 to 1917, on Puget Sound from 1917 to 1937, although the vessel was little used after 1917.-Design and constructions:...

  • Potlatch (software), an Adobe Flash-based map editor created for the OpenStreetMap
    OpenStreetMap
    OpenStreetMap is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. Two major driving forces behind the establishment and growth of OSM have been restrictions on use or availability of map information across much of the world and the advent of inexpensive portable GPS devices.The...

     project
  • Potlatch, a magazine published by the Letterist International from 1954 to 1957

See also

  • The Golden Potlatch
    Golden Potlatch
    The Golden Potlatch was a festival in Seattle, Washington, USA in 1911–1914 and 1935–1941. The idea of an annual Festival in Seattle followed the success of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909. The 'Golden Potlatch' event was conceived to keep Seattle in the public eye...

     (or Potlatch Days), a festival in Seattle, Washington State, USA held 1911–1914 and 1935–1941
  • Potluck
    Potluck
    A potluck is a gathering of people where each person or group of people contributes a dish of food prepared by the person or the group of people, to be shared among the group...

     (also spelled "potlatch"), a communal meal where guests bring dishes to share.
  • Pot luck (disambiguation)
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