Potlatches are big parties that everybody is invited to. You eat, celebrate birthdays,weddings and sometimes make new chiefs legal. It could take over a year to plan! People who hold Potlatches want to show their wealth or if an old chief wanted to show he was still wealthy and powerful. Potlatches are important because you can celebrate birthdays, weddings or chiefs can make their son a legal chief. According to the article "Potlatches and Totem Poles" at potlatches you can raise totem poles. Totem poles are a way of telling a families
