DCHP-2
Potlatch Law Hist. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
THIS ENTRY MAY CONTAIN OUTDATED INFORMATION, TERMS and EXAMPLES
a federal law forbidding the potlatch (def. 2a) on the ground that the institution was wasteful and disruptive. See quote.
See also: potlatch ((n.)) (def. 2a)
- 1961 The Potlatch Law as it came to be called . . . remained on the statutes of Canada [from April 19, 1884] until the Indian Act was revised completely in 1951. . . .
- 1961 The Potlatch Law as it came to be called . . . remained on the statutes of Canada [from April 19, 1884] until the Indian Act was revised completely in 1951. . . .