The heart of this book is a set of seven fundamental truths that for thousands of years have guided Coastal
First Nations. Frank Brown and Y. Kathy Brown assembled these truths through interviews with and
advice from elders from three different Coastal First Nations: Pauline Waterfall (Hilistis), from Heiltsuk,
Gloria Cranmer-Webster (Wikalalisame’ga), from Namgis of the Kwakwaka’wakw, and Barb Wilson (Kii’iljuus),
from Haida Nation. Each is regarded by her community as a “keeper of the knowledge”...