Woolly Dog Warms His Family

Woolly Dog Warms His FamilyIndigenous artist and storyteller Andrea Fritz tells the tale of a Salish woolly dog who goes on an adventure over land and sea to gather natural fibers to keep his human family warm. Sqwiqwmi' the young Salish woolly dog has a nice warm coat, and he wants to help protect his people from the cold and wet West Coast winters too. He sets out to pick the cozy fluff that grows on the nearby fireweed, but the plants are bare this time of year. Guided by a

to his development at the Carlisle Indian School

Beaver Steals Fire is an ancient and powerful tale springing from the hearts and experiences of the Salish people of Montana

Zoon doesn't know what to do

The other side of history

settler hegemony as told through the voices and actions of kiaʻi ʻāina (land defenders)

indigenous rights activists Thomas Tonatiuh Lopez Jr

both within the text and out in the physical world

but in something much less clearly defined: facing her own non-transcendent but all-important interdependence with others

and vision

even harder to remember reasons for living

age-old tribulations

and relationships