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Tlingit Arriving at Sitka for a Potlach

imacajun1 rated 10 months ago
It was at it's finest expression amongst the Kwakiutl Indians. American Indian society was the antithesis of government today, it's repsect for the individual, the group at all levels, freedom of expression, and knowledge and cooperation with nature has at best only close equals. And mos...

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imacajun1 rated 10 months ago
It was at it's finest expression amongst the Kwakiutl Indians. American Indian society was the antithesis of government today, it's repsect for the individual, the group at all levels, freedom of expression, and knowledge and cooperation with nature has at best only close equals. And most of these are vanishing cultures. Friends now is best known as an American TV show, paying absurd amounts of cash and fame for things worth something. But what? Franz Boas the noted anthropologist researched, and filmed, much of Kwakiutl societies major celebrations of traditions.