Potlatch

1.The Native Americans who lived on the Northwest Coast held ceremonies called Potlatch. The wealthy Natives usually held the Potlatch.During a potlatch valuable gifts were given. 2 Sometimes other tribes on the Northwest Coast burned valuable items such as jewelry, clothes and others to show how wealthy they were. 3 Native Americans who lived on the Great Plains also celebrated potlatches except when the plains celebrated potlatches they traded with another tribe. They traded corn for buffalo meat and held competition of most generous.