Memorial pole marking many potlatches, K'uuna Llnagaay (Skedans), Louise Island, Gwaii Haanas, Haida Gwaii, BC
A memorial pole for a Haida chieftan, with rings marking many potlatches, slowly returns to nature at the Haida village of K'uuna Llnagaay (Skedans), Louise Island, Gwaii Haanas, Haida Gwaii, BC. A potlatch is a culturally important gift-giving feast among the native peoples of the Pacific Northwest, with distribution of property and gifts to affirm social status and promote social cohesion. As part of a policy of cultural assimilation, which included the culturally genocidal residential school program, the Canadian government made potlatching illegal in 1885, and the prohibition was not lifted until 1951.
Size: 5000px × 3333px
Location: K'uuna Llnagaay (Skedans), Louise Island, Gwaii Haanas, BC
Photo credit: © Terry Allen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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