Potlatch People

Series: Native Americans Series

Duration: 28

Creator: British Broadcasting Corp TV

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Describes the thriving economy, rich culture and rigid class structure of the early Indians of the Pacific Northwest coast. Examines their near disappearance and the current efforts to revive and reconstruct Indian life as it was before the coming of the white man. , A survey of the white man's discovery and later destruction of the culture of the Pacific Northwest coast Indians. Focuses on the Makah Indian tribe and the recent revival of Indian traditions, culture, and way of life.

Complete Record: Describes the thriving economy, rich culture and rigid class structure of the early Indians of the Pacific Northwest coast. Examines their near disappearance and the current efforts to revive and reconstruct Indian life as it was before the coming of the white man. , A survey of the white man's discovery and later destruction of the culture of the Pacific Northwest coast Indians. Focuses on the Makah Indian tribe and the recent revival of Indian traditions, culture, and way of life.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.