TEACHINGS OF MUTTON (HARBOUR PUBLISHING) (PB)

The pelt of a dog named “Mutton” languished in a drawer at the Smithsonian for 150 years until it was discovered by an amateur archivist. This book tells Mutton's story and explores what it can teach us about Coast Salish Woolly Dogs. According to Indigenous Oral Histories, they were bred for thousands of years for their woolly fibres, which were woven into traditional blankets, robes and regalia. Although the dogs were carefully protected by Coast Salish peoples, by the 1900s, they had become so rare they are now considered extinct.