The Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)are from my neck of the woods.The potlatch was outlawed by the Canadian Government until the early 1950's and in the US until 1934.
seeing the great bennie ( Blacky) dick working is great... and also my moms nephew the "famous" Amos Dawson is very nice I can only hope to make the mark they did I also liked listening to jimmie and beenie banter in our language very nice thanx
This is sooo cool that its on youtube. James Sewid's my great grandfather. :)
Yes he is ;)
Thanks, Aurora!
great video let me understand potlatches more
where is this document from? like, where did it originally aired? who published it?
My grandfather Amos Dawson
seeing the great bennie ( Blacky) dick working is great... and also my moms nephew the "famous" Amos Dawson is very nice I can only hope to make the mark they did I also liked listening to jimmie and beenie banter in our language very nice thanx
Hmmmm what band is J. Sewid from????
***** Hmmmm ,The story I heard the sewid family, belong to no bands...Alert Bay...Cape Mudge or Gilford Island....
Mamalalakala band, Kwuikwasotenoux band, and the Namgis band. Haters gonna hate.
@@QuarterMan88 yeah ol siwid comes.out of guilford. I believe.
altruism isn't dead, ,, yet. =D