after the 1904 potlatch, that was not the end. the potlatch tradition continues. it went underground for a while until the approach of the government changed to be more supportive of traditional culture. when the american government took control of alaska emma starting in 1867, they developed a public-private partnership with the presbyterian church and manage thehes to education of alaska natives, under contract with the u.s. government. and others setns up schools in alaska. they were in charge of native -- whatn for the entire is now the state of alaska. the presbyterians were active with the boarding school called the sitka industrial school. that is where they would take young natives in and teach them there is useful trades, as far as the u.s. is concerned. boatbuilding, sewing, cooking, other trades. would allow their graduates to enter the workforce after they finished. some of the first graduates of the sitka industrial school founded the alaskan native brotherhood and sisterhood that is the oldest native civil rights organization in the united states. th

after the 1904 potlatch, that was not the end. the potlatch tradition continues to this day.went underground for a while until the approach of the government changed to be more supportive of traditional culture. when the american government took control of alaska, starting in 1867, they developed a public-private partnership with the presbyterian church and other churches to manage the education of alaska natives, under contract with the u.s. government. the presbyterians and others set up schools in alaska. they were in charge of native education for the entire -- what is now the state of alaska. the presbyterians were active with the boarding school called the sitka industrial school. that is where they would take young natives in and teach them various useful trades, as far as the u.s. is concerned. boatbuilding, sewing, cooking, other trades. it would allow their graduates to enter the workforce after they finished. some of the first graduates of the sitka industrial school founded the alaskan native brotherhood and sisterhood that is the oldest native civil rights organi