The Potlatch Law

In 1885, the Canadian government made an ammendment to ban certain cultural activities such as Potlatch and Sun Dances. The government at that time believed that cultural practices were preventing the assimilation of the Indigenous population. There was a ban on the practice of potlatch until 1951. 

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