The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog – A book panel with Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa, Senaqwila Wyss, and Tsumi'tsiye Violet Elliott

Mutton — the last surviving woolly dog prior to the species’s extinction in 1859 — makes an appearance in The Reach's current exhibition Parallax(e): Perspectives on the Canada–U.S. Border, as he belonged to George Gibbs, member of the U.S. Northwest Boundary Survey team. Mutton’s pelt languished in a drawer at the Smithsonian Institution for 150 years until it was discovered, almost accidentally, by an amateur archivist. Join author Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa and co-authors Senaqwila Wyss and Tsumi’tsiye Violet Elliott as they shed light on aspects of Mutton’s story and explore what it can teach us about Coast Salish woolly dogs and their cultural significance.

Copies of The Teachings of Mutton are available for sale at The Reach and a book signing will follow.