Potlach not potluck LOL!

its a native/eskimo ceremony. I just heard about it last spring when I saw a guy shoot a cow for a potlatch. Its not only for funerals however as they did one here recently in one of the villages that caught the local news stations attn. Cant say I know a hole lot about them, figured ABM would....I'll try and learn more about them once my partner gets back being his family is villagers, he would know the ins and outs to one.