Kwakiutl, Kwakwaka'Wakw, potlatches,1951

[@yes3801]

It’s so surreal seeing a documentary about where I grew up and the culture around it from the 50’s

[@MotherofVenus]

My great great uncle has a book titled “Bella Coola Man” which recounts his tale of travelling to Rivers Inlet and witnessing first hand the digging up and consumption of a woman’s corpse in a ceremony called the man eater dance also known as the Hamatsa.

[@nundzi1548]

Descendent of a Supreme chief. So far there hasn't been any evidence of bone scrapings by anthropologists to indicate actual cannibalism. Being in the pacific northwest we were one of the last to meet society. They say hundreds of languages died along the coast. Our gene pool range from Iroquois to the mayans and not limited to hawaiian slaves. Our main source of trade was a valuable substance -- ooligan grease, a fish oil that was both delicacy and a medicine. We were a small tribe raiding the grease trails between two warring nations -- the haida and quwutsun. We relied upon psychological warfare tactics for survival. The practice of headhunting was a kin to the crusades -- the angry, the tribeless, the disrespectful, broken bleeding hearts were only valued as trophies or slaves. The dance, about the secret society of cannibals itself is more a kin to 2001: a space odyssey than any other horror. The initiate seeks to be possessed by the spirit of a giant man eating cannibal that bestows rites, artifacts and knowledge from the spirit world. Not about devouring or consuming or partaking in evil but to tame the evil spirit that hungers and thirsts to purpose. Hence why nobles and leaders partakes in the secret society.

[@nundzi1548]

And we didn't believe our ancestors were birds that inhabitated the world. Our ancestors were shapeshifters that survived the flood and the elders that taught them how are being punished for an eternity and banished to the four corners of the world -- our way of saying beyond the veil.

[@DemimondeMesilaThraam]

Really amazing.

[@marthakahnapace8594]

My granny spoke of cannibalism when she was young an she was born in 1897

[@hannsoonsmokur8625]

stunning

[@stephenhunt4942]

Cwhen I was kid, papa was there, maybe me 8 years old, me an cousin MEQUAA , there papa dance here, James Knox

[@stephenhunt4942]

In this video on river ,me on river

[@ringscircles142]

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[@sleepdeficit2]

Cannabilism??? Never heard about that.

[@CanadianWhatever]

Probably not true... likely a myth created to help promote the necessity of residential schools from colonials

[@emiquetzalkoala4288]

@@CanadianWhatever the point of Sleepdeficits' comment was: it's cannibalism, not cannabilism.

[@alirossum6491]

@@CanadianWhatever its 100 % true these are my relatives

[@TemujinMSM]

I hate the condescending tone of the narrator at the beginning. Fuck that 😂. But I appreciate whoever captured this footage nonetheless.

[@kingharryannis]

It is a lonely life ,being a Cannabil. Hard to keep friends.

[@emiquetzalkoala4288]

cannabil?