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lankets called swuwqwa'l.
http://salishseasentinel.ca/2016/10/the-blanket-and-the-bighouse/
"Ray Harris of Stz'uminus and Wendy Grant-John of Musqueam, speak about currency before contact, the meaning of wealth, the relationships between men and women in the old Coast Salish society, equality and survival, and the important role of blankets to the community. (Note: In modern-day Coast Salish longhouse ceremonies, the speaker calls witnesses and they are handed two quarters – 50 cents – in recognition of their role to remember and share the work about to take place. Those two quarters were once the price of a Hudson's Bay blanket in the early days after European contact.)"
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