Prosecuting the Potlatch
Read the case study on p. 129 – 130 and answer the following questions:
1. Who was Duncan Campbell Scott? Who was William Halliday? What did he (Halliday) try to do? What was the outcome?
2. Give one reason (from the reading) why a potlatch would occur.
3. What happened to the artifacts taken in the Cranmer potlatch? What do you think about what was done with them?
4. Why did the government ban the potlatch (not in the reading)? Was the government successful in achieving this?
Read the case study on p. 129 – 130 and answer the following questions:
1. Who was Duncan Campbell Scott? Who was William Halliday? What did he (Halliday) try to do? What was the outcome?
2. Give one reason (from the reading) why a potlatch would occur.
3. What happened to the artifacts taken in the Cranmer potlatch? What do you think about what was done with them?
4. Why did the government ban the potlatch (not in the reading)? Was the government successful in achieving this?