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# Extended Cut: The Potlatch Riot of 1913
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/mossbacks-northwest-2/extras/extended-cut-the-potlatch-riot-of-1913-kfvbcj/
- Published: 2026-03-10T23:01:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T12:30:15.000Z
- Description: Co-hosts Knute Berger and Stephen Hegg explore Seattle’s Potlatch Riot.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Mossback's Northwest, #ZZZ_Show_50744e68-2011-417f-9f73-f880b010d33f, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_199123a1-7a65-4637-b8a1-3cfddac1d2b5, #extra

Seattle once hosted a celebration called The Golden Potlatch. In July 1913, political tensions mixed with revelry erupted into a riot, resulting in a brief period of martial law and intense battles over freedom of speech. Mossback hosts discuss the differing accounts of why the riot took place, the political undercurrents at play and how so much of what happened then resonates with our world today