Why did the Canadian government outlaw potlatch feasts from 1884 to 1951?
A) They wanted to compete with the native peoples and were not included in the prestigious feast.
B) They wanted the native peoples to sell the goods to the Canadian government.
C) They considered it to be an irrational waste of goods.
D) They considered the potlatch to be a threat to the authority of the Canadian government, which controlled the production of all native goods.
E) They wanted to exterminate all of the native peoples.
Question 2
In what Native American groups did potlatches occur most frequently in the early 1800s?
A) Kwakiutl and Tlingit
B) Navajo and Hopi
C) Trobriand Islanders
D) Cherokee and Iroquois
E) Seminole and Crow
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