ID: 901002291 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002291	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Potlatch Ban (Canadian history, 1883-1951)

Note: Event marked by the time in Canadian/First Nations history when potlatch gatherings were outlawed across Canada and First Nations territories not formally annexed at the time. Part of the Indian Act (first enacted in 1876). Potlatches were viewed by governmental authorities at the time of the ban as a drain on material resources. Individuals who participated were subject to arrest and seizure of potlatch gifts; some of these gifts such as masks and rattles were later sold to museums across Canada. The ban was lifted in 1951.

Display Date: 1883-1951

Names:

	Potlatch Ban (Canadian history, 1883-1951) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Ban, Potlatch (Canadian history, 1883-1951) (English,A,N)
	potlatch ban (Canadian history, 1883-1951) (English,U,N)
	Anti-Potlatch Law (Canadian history, 1883-1951) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<North and South American history> (P)
		........<Canadian history> (P)
		............Potlatch Ban (Canadian history, 1883-1951) (P)

Other Relationships:

	affiliated/associated with .... potlatch
	.....(cultural ceremonies, ceremonies, cultural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	affiliated/associated with .... legislation (declaration of laws)
	.....(legal concepts, social science concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Canada
	.....(North and Central America) (TGN)

Sources:

	Potlatch Ban (Canadian history, 1883-1951)
	................Kumugwe Cultural Society [online] (2017) "Potlatch Ban," accessed 5 May 2020, "Potlatch 67-67,"
	................U'mista Cultural Society [online] (2020) "Potlatch Ban," accessed 5 May 2020, "Living Tradition: The Kwakwaka'wakw Potlatch on the Northwest Coast,"
	................Simon Fraser University [online] (2020-) "Potlatch Ban," accessed 5 May 2020, "The Bill Reid Centre,"
	Ban, Potlatch (Canadian history, 1883-1951)
	................Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	potlatch ban (Canadian history, 1883-1951)
	................Tortell, Turin, and Young, Memory (2018) 13-14; accessed 5 May 2020
	Anti-Potlatch Law (Canadian history, 1883-1951)
	................Kumugwe Cultural Society [online] (2017) "Anti-Potlatch Law," accessed 5 May 2020, "Potlatch 67-67,"

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Tortell, Turin, and Young, Memory (2018) 13-14; accessed 5 May 2020
	................ Kumugwe Cultural Society [online] (2017) accessed 5 May 2020, "Potlatch 67-67,"
	................ U'mista Cultural Society [online] (2020) accessed 5 May 2020, "Living Tradition: The Kwakwaka'wakw Potlatch on the Northwest Coast,"
	................ Simon Fraser University [online] (2020-) accessed 5 May 2020, "The Bill Reid Centre,"