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Potlatch Law

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DeletedUser34548

Please excuse me; this has nothing whatever to do with our game but when I stumbled over it during study-up, I thought it worthy of sharing.

"We will dance when our laws command us to dance, we will feast when our hearts desire to feast. Do we ask the white man, 'Do as the Indian does'? No, we do not. Why, then, will you ask us, 'Do as the white man does'? It is a strict law that bids us to dance. It is a strict law that bids us to distribute our property among our friends and neighbors. It is a good law. Let the white man observe his law; we shall observe ours. And now, if you are come to forbid us to dance, begone; if not, you will be welcome to us. "

-- Chief O'wax̱a̱laga̱lis
The Indians of British Columbia, Franz Boas (1888)
 
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