Secret of the Dance Andrea Spalding and Alfred Scow

In 1935, a nine-year-old boy's family held a forbidden Potlatch in faraway Kingcome Inlet. Watl'kina slipped from his bed to bear witness. In the Big House masked figures danced by firelight to the beat of the drum. And there, he saw a figure he knew. Aboriginal elder Alfred Scow and award-winning author Andrea Spalding collaborate to tell the story, to tell the secret of the dance.

Many years ago, when the world and I were younger, my family defied the government.

Elder Alfred Scow and award-winning author Andrea Spalding collaborate to tell a story of a traditional Potlatch dance.