Because of missionary and government pressures, the Northwest Coast Indian potlatch system now __________
A) is completely extinct
B) exists among some, but not all, tribes where it is practiced in modified forms
C) resembles a North American-style Christmas
D) is completely unrecognizable from its pre-contact, traditional form
Answer: B
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a. Melville J. Herskovits b. Claude Lévi-Strauss c. Ruth Behar d. Franz Boas e. Bronislaw Malinowski
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a. 10 b. 40 c. 70 d. 90