Before salmon leapt and children laughed, Raven’s clever eyes spotted something hidden in the sand. What secrets wait inside the giant clamshell?
Open the cover and follow Raven—adventure and wonder are about to begin!
A Coquille Creation Tale
Hi! I’m Taytshee’ Ashshay (my pen name, spelled simply for English tongues), is Tee-lhi Ch’aa-she in Nuu-wee-ya’, and it means “Snow Bird.”
My father-in-law, a proud elder of the Coquille Indian Tribe, gifted me this name with a smile and a story.
I hope these River Whisper Tales warm your heart—Welcome to the journey.
Nuu-wee-ya’ (also written Nuu-da’ Mv-ne’) is the traditional language of the Tututni (Lower Rogue River) people, one of several Athabaskan-speaking bands along the southwestern Oregon coast. It belongs to the Pacific Coast Athabaskan branch of the larger Athabaskan (Na-Dené) language family—the same family that includes Navajo, Apache, Hupa, and, distantly, Tlingit up in Alaska.
