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The potlatch is the most significant cultural event in the life of the Tanacross people, an Athapaskan group in the Upper Tanana Region of east-central Alaska. A public occasion marked by the distribution of gifts, the potlatch commemorates a particular event in the persons life or heals a tear in the social fabric. Today it is an anchor to the past, to the traditional values of kinship, sharing, reciprocity, love and respect, and competence. By submerging competition, a symbol for the white man, and stressing the ideal of cooperation as expressed in the potlatch, Native people attempt to create and maintain their view of what is decent and acceptable human behavior.In Rifles, Blankets, and Beads, William E. Simeone explores the dynamic between competition and cooperation in Northern Athapaskan culture by examining four interrelated topics: the introduction of trade goods into Athapaskan