In the Northwest, "potlatches" were:
a. ceremonies in which Indians destroyed physical wealth to gain social status
b. pot-luck parties given by women settlers to welcome new families
c. ornate pottery which Native Americans traded to eastern settlers for guns and horses
d. invented by fusing white and Native American traditions
A
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