Secret of the Dance Andrea Spalding and Alfred Scow argillite replica makers

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But when Grampa gets sick and falls into a coma

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A caring chief was planning to have a special totem pole carved because he knew he would die soon and wanted to leave a lasting legacy for his friends through the images on the pole

Secret of the Dance Andrea Spalding and Alfred Scow argillite replica makersIn 1935, a nine year old boy's family held a forbidden Potlatch in faraway Kingcome Inlet. Watl'kina slipped from his bed to bear witness. In the Big House masked figures danced by firelight to the beat of the drum. And there, he saw a figure he knew. Aboriginal elder Alfred Scow and award winning author Andrea Spalding collaborate to tell the story, to tell the secret of the dance. Many years ago, when the world and I were younger, my family defied