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Boo-Qwilla
By Art Thompson
DITIDAHT TRIBE, VANCOUVER ISLAND,
CANADA, 1948-2003
With the assistance of john Livingston
A gift to Stanford Students for their pleasure and study
Alan Sieroty ('52) and Beth Sieroty Meltzer ('54)
October 14, 1995
On this Nuu-chah-nulth totem pole, Thunderbird,
with wings outstretched, towers overhead. He
perches on top of Raven, the creator of Earth, Light,
and Consiousness. Raven's wings encompass the
headdress of Boo-Qwilla, a person of knowledge,
wisdom, and achievement. Legend affirms this
ancestral human is Raven's most prized creation who
is charged with the safekeeping of knowledge and
the preservaion of the earth. At the base, a
supernatural Killerwhale transforms into a Wolf. This
creature possess magical healing powers which aid
humankind.
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