Northwest Coast Legends: Orca Chief

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Orca Chief, the story of four hunters who encounter the Chief of the Killer Whales, is the third in a series of Northwest Coast Legends by Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd. Their previous collaborations, Raven Brings the Light (2013) and Cloudwalker (2014), are award-winning national bestsellers.Thousands of years ago in the village of Kitkatla, four hunters leave home in the spring to harvest seaweed and sockeye. When they arrive at their fishing grounds, exhaustion makes them lazy and they throw their anchor overboard without care for the damage it might do to marine life or the seafloor.The anchor lands on the roof of the Chief of the Killer Whales' home. He sends a ratfish to investigate, but the men, annoyed by the sound of the scout, pull its fins off and throw it back into the ocean. When Orca Chief discovers what the hunters have done, he has his most powerful swimmers drag the men and their boat to his house. The men beg forgiveness for their ignorance and lack of respect, and Orca Chief sends them out with his pod to show them how to sustainably and respectfully harvest the ocean's resources. When the men return to their village, they share the knowledge and the food they have gained from their time with the Killer Whales.Accompanied by almost exclusively new illustrations by Roy Henry Vickers, this next installment of the Northwest Coast Legends will captivate readers young and old with its vivid imagery and remarkable storytelling.