Above: Explorer and artist Paul Kane’s painted stylized version of a scene of Songhees/Saanich (Central Coast Salish) weavers on Vancouver Island in British Colombia was one of reasons the Salish were associated with their unique breed of woolly dog.


“A Woman Weaving a Blanket,” Paul Kane, oil on canvas, Southeastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, 1849-1856, 18”x 29”; Gift of Sir Edmund Osler.


Right: A photograph of a woolly dog taken on Tsawout First Nation land about 1935.


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