Crossword-Solution: POTLATCHES
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Festivals of Chinook Indians. | 1 answer |
| Norhtwestern ceremonial festivals | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything
flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it; as, to pour
water from a pail; to pour wine into a decanter; to pour oil upon the
waters; to pour out sand or dust.
Hint 2 anagram
PURO
Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with POTLATCHES (5)
One of the ways in which individuals maintained their social position was by giving away quantities of goods of all kinds at the potlatches which they organized.
These potlatches were social as well as industrial functions, and dancing and singing were interspersed with the feasting.
The greatest potlatches are given by the chiefs, either for the purpose of obtaining or retaining the chieftaincy.
They quarrelled bitterly over their rank for a long time, Nin-Ging-Wash, by means of his more liberal potlatches finally prevailing, but not until two of their adherants had been killed.
Alexander McKenzie of the Hudson Bay Company, when we received a visit from Edensaw, oldest and ranking chief of the Hydah nation, who has erected the largest number of carved poles, given the greatest feasts, and made the most frequent and liberal potlatches.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1967–2001).