What was the original purpose of the Tlingit potlatches? How did their
focus change? What was the function of the Kachina ceremonies for the
Hopi? What was the function of the trickster in mythology and the
stories about them? How did the League of the Iroquois form? What was
and is its purpose?

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Request for Question Clarification by tehuti-ga on 05 Dec 2002 02:16 PST

Hello snowbunny, you are asking four questions here. You will probably
increase your chances of having all or at least some of them answered
if you post them as four separate questions.

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Clarification of Question by snowbunny1-ga on 06 Dec 2002 17:15 PST

The questions are from Native American Indians found in the book, Native 
American Heritage, third edition, by Merwyn S. Garbarino and Robert F.
Sasso

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Request for Question Clarification by tehuti-ga on 06 Dec 2002 17:47 PST

Hello snowbunny,

What I was trying to say was that if you post one question which just
asks "What was the original purpose of the Tlingit potlatches? How did
their
focus change?" you are more likely to get an answer from a researcher.
Someone may want to answer this, but not really want to research the
other questions you ask here.  The question about the trickster is a
huge one, which could take a lot of research, especially if you want a
comparison of the trickster figures in a number of mythologies, eg
Coyote, Odin, not to mention other characters who have a trickster
element, such as Isis, Inanna...  It really needs to stand alone, and
you would stand a better chance of getting an answer if you were
willing to post it at a higher price, according to the pricing
guidelines at https://answers.google.com/answers/pricing.html

You mean five, Tehuti :-)