Further readings on the potlatch:
 

Cole, Douglas and Ira Chaikin.
An iron hand upon the people : the law against the potlatch on the Northwest coast ,  --
 Published Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre ; Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press, c1990.
 

Jonaitis, Aldona  (ed.)
Chiefly feasts : the enduring Kwakiutl potlatch
 Published  Seattle : University of Washington Press ; New York : American Museum of Natural History, c. 1991.
 

Sewid-Smith, Daisy. 
Prosecution or persecution
Published  [Cape Mudge, B.C.] : Nu-Yum-Baleess Society, 1979.
 

Many, many other books, articles, videos and other reference materials on the potlatch are available.  Use the reference sections of these widely available books to find more.

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