Gift Economies
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Bridewealth, cattle gifts, and kinship exchange among the Nuer, 1880–1970
1885 - 1972
Ceremonial exchange networks and clan gift obligations among the Yolŋu of Arnhem Land, 1800–1970
1800 - 1976
Circulation of taonga and gift exchange in Māori society, New Zealand, 1769–1900
1769 - 1900
Feasting and ritual exchange among the Asmat of Southwest New Guinea, c. 1900–1970
1900 - 1973
Feasting, reciprocity, and redistribution in ancestral Pueblo societies of the American Southwest, c. 900–1300 CE
900 - 1300
Gift, tribute and redistributive exchanges in pre-contact Hawaiian chiefdoms, c. 1400–1778
1400 - 1778
Hxaro reciprocal gift networks among the Ju/'hoansi (San) of the Kalahari, c. 1900–1980
1900 - 1980
Kula Ring exchanges across the Massim (Trobriand Islands and neighboring atolls), c. 1875–1940
1875 - 1942
Meat-sharing and communal distribution practices among Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic, 1800–1950
1800 - 1950
Moka pig-giving and competitive exchange among the Kawelka and Highlands Big-Men, Papua New Guinea, 1920–2000
1920 - 2000
Potlatch ceremonies and colonial suppression in the Pacific Northwest, 1792–1951
1792 - 1952
Reciprocal gift economies and reindeer exchange among Sámi pastoralists in Fennoscandia, 1600–1900
1600 - 1900
Redistributive gift-giving and ceremonial exchange in Classic Maya polities, c. 250–900 CE
250 - 909
Revival of the potlatch and cultural resurgence among Pacific Northwest Indigenous peoples, 1951–present
1951 - 2026
Yam festivals and exchange systems in the Trobriand Islands, c. 1830–1940
1884 - 1940