For thousands of years, the Salish woolly dog resided on B.C.’s southwest coast, providing their owners with companionship — and hair.
Now, blankets woven from the fur of this extinct dog are on display at the Museum of North Vancouver until early July.
The woolly dogs were a part of Coast Salish culture that was erased during colonization, says the museum’s Indigenous cultural programmer Senaqwila Wyss.
“It’s time to share their story now, as it’s been pretty silenced for so long,” said Wyss, who is from the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh) First Nation.
The dogs — which date back thousands of years — were small- to medium-sized with white
