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acclaimed Indigenous author Debra Magpie Earling brings this mythologized figure vividly to life

After her own recovery

and plant names in both Squamish and English so children can learn a new language

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Woolly Dog Warms His Family astronomy Standoff is a powerfulIndigenous 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