Call me Coast Salish or poet. Call me a girl who loves Nick Cave, and night swimming, and ramen, and old Bikini Kill records. I no longer wish to be called resilient.

The Coast Salish woolly dog was once a fixture in communities across what’s known today as the Pacific Northwest. ... appearing on baskets and in the tribe’s logo.

Smithsonian scientists teamed up with Coast Salish elders and weavers to study the pelt of Mutton, a woolly dog who died in 1859. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

If you read her award winning memoir, you may know Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe as a "Coast Salish punk." Now, LaPointe is back with a new essay collection, titled "Thunder Song: Essays". In it ...

Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa, a researcher of Coast Salish spinning collaborated with a number of Coast Salish contributors for the ...

Long gone from existence, the Coast Salish Woolly Dog is brought back to life in the pages of a new book: The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog. Rich with stories from Musqueam ...

For thousands of years, fluffy white dogs could be found across the Pacific Northwest. Their exceptionally soft, crimpy hair was shorn like sheep’s wool, spun into yarn, and woven into blankets and ...

Long gone from existence, the Coast Salish Woolly Dog is brought back to life in the pages of a new book: The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog. Rich with stories from Musqueam ...

Nakesha Edwards was only 14 years old when her immersion in traditional Coast Salish art began with a wood carving class taught by one of her uncles.