The only known woolly dog pelt has returned to Canada. It’s a ‘powerful moment’ for Indigenous communities
The only known woolly dog pelt has returned to Canada. It’s a ‘powerful moment’ for Indigenous communities

A pelt with thick, blonde coloured fur

For thousands of years, woolly dogs played an integral role in the lives of Salish and Makah peoples, who bred them and used their silky white fur for weaving. But the beloved animals were driven to extinction under colonialism in the late 1800s.