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 ...

Researchers from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History led a new analysis that sheds light on the ancestry and genetics of woolly dogs, a now extinct breed of dog that was a fixture of ...

If you had been wandering the Coast Salish territories of British Columbia some 4,000 years ago, rambling dense woodland and visiting village longhouses, you would likely have spotted a number of ...

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, ...

Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest once bred dogs in large numbers and sheared them for wool. By Lesley Evans Ogden Eight years ago, Tessa Campbell heard a genuine shaggy dog story. In 2012, ...

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 ...

Researchers from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History led a new analysis that sheds light on the ancestry and genetics of woolly dogs, a now extinct breed of dog that was a fixture of ...