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Haida Potlatch and Ceremony
The Potlatch or Feast is very important to the Haida because all important social changes take place here.

2

Mary Swanson and Joan Hart at the tluu xaada naay longhouse opening.
2005
Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada

3

Christian White and friends carry the canoe from the water.
1990
Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada

4

Chief Edensu is being escorted to shore at a Feast in Skidegate.
2003
Skidegate, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada

5

Christian White and Candace Weir celebrate the opening of their new longhouse.
2005
Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada

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Lineages host potlatches when a new house or totem pole are raised, when a new chief takes his place or when the clan ends the mourning for a deceased loved one.

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People raise the heavy housebeams of the tluu xaada naay longhouse.
2005
Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada

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The beams for the tluu xaada naay longhouse are being put up.
2005
Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada

9

Memorial totem pole raising for the late Morris White.
1998
Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada

10

Farhad and April White celebrate their wedding.
2002
Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada

11

Amanda Bedard and Jaalen Edenshaw get married outside Jim Hart's longhouse.
2005
Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada

12

Haida Days celebration
2000
Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada

13

Tamara White and Amelia Rea love to Haida dance.
2001
Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada

14

Freeman Bell enters the Haida Days parade in his canoe with Lisa Ray looking on.
2001
Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada