How did a leader in a Tlingit community gain high status and respect by hosting a potlatch?

By defeating rivals in a public contest

By demonstrating great generosity

By having the most elaborate carvings

The potlatch ceremony was a significant social event because it connected a leader's wealth with what important cultural value?

The importance of generosity and redistribution for gaining social status

The belief that wealth should be hoarded and displayed privately for security

To serve as defensive barriers around the village

To display a family's history and share important community stories

To act as a marketplace for trading goods between families

To function as support beams inside longhouses