<div dir="ltr">Richard anticipated this earlier this month (and it turns out he's quite well-read) :<br><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Richard/diary/3250#comments">http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Richard/diary/3250#comments</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:54 PM, Frederik Ramm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org">frederik@remote.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<br>
from Wikipedia:<br>
<br>
"Potlatching was made illegal in Canada in 1885 and the United States in<br>
the late nineteenth century, largely at the urging of missionaries and<br>
government agents who considered it "a worse than useless custom" that<br>
was seen as wasteful, unproductive which was not part of "civilized"<br>
values."<br>
<br>
Bye<br>
Frederik<br>
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