# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Presentation: The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 31 Jan, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa and Sul milthia’ Violet Elliot present The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog

?Saturday, January 31, 2026
?1:00 pm
?Alberni Valley Museum, 4255 Wallace St

Until now, there has been very little written about the enigmatic Coast Salish Woolly Dog, or sqʷəmey̓ in the Hul’q’umi’num language. According to Indigenous Oral Histories of the Pacific Northwest, this small dog was bred for thousands of years for its woolly fibres, which were woven into traditional blankets, robes and regalia. Although the dogs were carefully protected by Coast Salish peoples, by the 1900s, the Woolly Dog had become so rare it is now considered extinct.

Co-authored with weavers, Knowledge Keepers, and Elders, The Teachings of Mutton interweaves perspectives from Musqueam, Squamish, Stó:lō, Suquamish, Cowichan, Katzie, Snuneymuxw, and Skokomish cultures with narratives of science, post-contact history, and the lasting and devastating impacts of colonization. Binding it all together is Mutton’s story—a tale of research, reawakening, and resurgence.

Copies of the book will be for sale after the lecture, offered by Mobius Books.

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- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/port-alberni/presentation-the-teachings-of-mutton-a-coast-salish-woolly-dog/200029542155049
- **Event Categories**: dog
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Port Alberni
- **state**: BC
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Alberni Valley Museum
- **lat**: 49.251094959838
- **long**: -124.79582001108
- **full address**: Alberni Valley Museum, Echo Centre at 4255 Wallace Street Port Alberni, BC, Canada, Port Alberni

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Presentation: The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog being held?
  - **A:** Presentation: The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog takes place on Sat, 31 Jan, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Sat, 31 Jan, 2026 at 01:00 pm at Alberni Valley Museum, Echo Centre at 4255 Wallace Street Port Alberni, BC, Canada, Port Alberni.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Presentation: The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog?
  - **A:** Presentation: The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog is organized by City of Port Alberni Local Government.

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