docu-mental: mapping the american states of mind

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vol. 5 issue 16

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Elven Woods. Credit: Anne Wipf.

Greetings,

I heard a story today about an Inuit man who asked his community to arrange for him a ceremonial potlatch, a traditional gathering and feast. He requested this because he anticipated he was soon to die. Before he passed, he wanted to give away his earthly possessions.

He also wanted to assign who w…

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