The potential “revival” of the Salish wool dog, a breed cultivated over thousands of years by the Coast Salish people for its distinctively thick fur, is an exciting story. The dogs were thought to be ...

For centuries, woolly dogs have been at the center of tribal life throughout the Coast Salish world. Since the 19th century, however, these dogs have been considered extinct. Today, a resurfaced ...

A new analysis sheds light on the ancestry and genetics of woolly dogs, a now extinct breed of dog that was a fixture of Indigenous Coast Salish communities in the Pacific Northwest for millennia.

DNA analysis of a 19 th-century dog, paired with traditional knowledge acquired through interviews, have together provided new insights into the decline of Coast Salish “woolly dogs” – an extinct ...

Ancient DNA from the pelt of a fluffy white dog named Mutton is revealing new details about the woolly dog, an extinct breed that was cared for and raised by the women of the Coast Salish tribal ...

Long gone from existence, the Coast Salish Woolly Dog is brought back to life in the pages of a new book: The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog. Rich with stories from Musqueam, Squamish, ...

For millennia before Europeans colonized what is now called the Pacific Northwest, small, fluffy, white “woolly dogs,” known as sqwemá:y in one language of the Coast Salish peoples, roamed the coast.

Researchers from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History have explored the enigmatic realm of woolly dogs, a now-extinct canine species with deep cultural significance for Indigenous ...

Full-body forensic reconstruction of a woolly dog based on a 160-year-old pelt in the Smithsonian’s collection as well as archaeological remains. The reconstructed woolly dog stands against a stylized ...

Note to editors: Photos illustrating this research and other associated press materials can be found via Dropbox here (password: mutton). Researchers from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural ...