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When the natives of the North Country call Wolf, sister and brother, they mean it literally. One of their ancient legends states, As goes the fate and fortune of one of you, so goes the fate and fortune of the other (Click here for legend). To learn the ways of the hunt, a boy will look not to a skilled hunter of his clan, but to Wolf - the first hunter. This special relationship is a metaphor for the web of kinship of all who fly, swim walk, crawl, and root.

Snow is the gifting blanket over the Mother Bosom that brings warmth and quiet - a time for introspection, listening and renewal. In this time the old teaching stories can best be heard, and dreams are vivid and rich with guidance. With the melting of the Snows comes a time of new beginnings.

The relationship of Wolf and Human is the spirit of Snow Wolf Publications; its purpose is to bring Snow's gift to those who are returning to the Beauty Way. Through self- publishing, and in cooperation with other publishers, Snow Wolf is helping to bring back the timeless wisdom of our ancestors, as recounted by Tamarack Song and other writers and artists. By honoring the Ancestral Way, we will once again hunt with Wolf and gather in clans around the sacred fire to feast and revel in the stories of our people.
                                                             

The Writings of Tamarack Song

Tamarack Song, Owl Clan, has been a student of the Old Way since his youth. He met his first mentor - a Canadian Metis Woman named She Who Talks With Loons right after dropping out of college for the third time. In the years following, he traveled The Mother's Bosom to find and apprentice with Elders who still practiced some of their traditional ways. He has lived the Native Way in the wilderness for many turns of the seasons and in the process he has gained - and is still gaining - the teachings and awareness to prepare him for the role of guide. He does not call himself a teacher; if anything he feels himself to be a guide to the Real Teacher.

He is a guide for quests and rites of passage, translator of dreams and other voices of spirit, performer of legal Native marriage ceremonies, counselor for lifestyle transition and relationships, and practitioner of a variety of Native crafts and skills. He does dream and animal guide work, and counsels people healing from the ravages of life in civilized society. He is also a Native Lifeway consultant for schools, museums and archaeologists.

Tamarack shares much of what he has learned of the Old Ways through his writings. He considers many books to be his Elders, because these books contain much wisdom and information on lifeway skills that would be lost had someone not recorded it.