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"In Potlatch George Clutesi, a member of the Tse-shaht people on Vancouver Island, leads you inside a Long House and spreads before your eyes the vibrant spectacle of a Tloo-qwah-nah, the most magnificent form of Potlatch.

With authentic voice and through lyrical prose he draws aside the cedar curtain for you to watch and be enthralled by the unfolding of secret rites, mystical plays and symbolic dances.

For the first time the pen of a native Canadian is able to reveal the true meaning of a Potlatch, of tribal customs, the mysteries and the masks.

Old enough to remember the natural opulence of land and sea and to have taken part in a Tloo-qwah-nah, George Clutesi is now a distinguished artist and writer with ability to take you groping into the darkness of a Long House and in its flickering light to arouse your admiration for ancient laws until you begin to feel the heartbeat of the Indian people."--Book jacket. 

188, [1] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.