Wherever stories are told, in whatever language, life and death hold
center stage, along with pain and glee, mystery and magic, fools and
foes, deceit and decency. This book has them all. Here, in
embellishments upon the folklore of Native American tribes from the
Pacific Northwest, are tales that seek to explain the world, dispel its
darkness, and celebrate its light. So, meet a sorcerer whose magic can
turn a horse into a loon, a man who becomes a bush-tailed rat, a girl
whose sons were born as puppies, and a Native American tribe that sought
the power of shamans to escape white men bent on destroying them.