Category: Potlatch/Ceremonies

stswuwoon’s tthey’ swuqw’a’lh | Potlatch Blanket Scramble

Blanket Scramble ceremony during a potlatch showing men running toward and crowding around a blanket hanging in front of a canoe.
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xwuyxwi’ ni’ ’u tthu kwa’mutsun palhe’ch | Masked Dancers at the kwa’mutsun Potlatch

Masked dancers in traditional outfits performing in front of many spectators during a potlatch in kwa’mutsun | Quamichan Village, circa 1900’s.
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weens ’u tthu swuw’qa’lh ni’ ’utl’ kwa’mutsun | Kwa’mutsun Village Potlatch and Blanket Toss

People on a raised platform throwing a blanket to the crowd below. Also shows buildings and canoes in village.
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xwuyxwi’ ni’ ’utl’ s’amunu theew’t-hw | Masked Dance at Somena Longhouse

Potlatch at Somenos featuring Masked Dancers and a canoe with blanket in front of the longhouse and many spectators.
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stl’un’uq ni’ ’utl’ s’amunu | Ceremony at Somena

Potlatch at Somenos featuring a canoe behind a tall blanket. Everyone in the image is watching as Masked Dancers appear.
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palhe’ch’ ni’ kwa’mutsun | Kwa’mutsun Potlatch

Quamichan potlatch of shlamus | Joe Jim showing two children standing in a canoe holding a photo and rattle. The second photo shows a blanket being tossed from the platform.
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q’eptum’ ’u tthey’ telu hwnem’ ’u tthu sts’inukw’a Community Centre | Fundraising for the Tzinaqua Cultural Centre

Lt.-Gov. G. R. Pearkes, also known as Chieftan Syul-lutz-ah, and his wife attended a dancing ceremony in support of raising money for a Tzinquah Cowichan Indian Cultural and Recreational Centre. (Published 15 March 1967).
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palhe’ch ’utl’ ts’uyximulwut ni’ ‘utl’ s’amunu | Somenos Memorial Potlatch

Memorial at a longhouse (or Hamlock’s Barn) showing dolls under a decorated blanket and two men standing on the side. (Photo taken 16 June 1910).
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xwuyxwi’ ni’ ’u tthu palhe’ch | Masked Dancers at a Potlatch Ceremony

Cowichan Masked Dancers performing a ceremony at a potlatch.
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