Presents the history of the conflict between the Canadian government and the Kwakiutl Indians of the Northwest Pacific over the ritual of the Potlatch. Archival photographs and films, wax roll sound recordings, police reports, the original potlatch files, and correspondence of agents form the basis of the reconstruction of period events, while the film centres on a Potlatch given today by the Cranmer family of Alert Bay.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Gloria Cranmer Webster
Crew: Dennis Wheeler (Director), Tom Shandel (Producer), Sally Paterson (Editor), Tony Westman (Cinematography), Zale Dalen (Sound Recordist), Richard Patton (Sound Recordist)
Country: Canada
Language: English
Studio: U'mista Cultural Society
Runtime: 54 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 01, 1975
IMDb: 10
