The interior Salish people had many stories about survival and how they had to work together and take care of each other to survive. Sometimes, our stories had animal characters like Speelya (Coyote) or Tsa sa lax (mosquito), who made bad choices and learned hard lessons. We taught our children morals and tribal values through stories and oral history. The Spokane Tribe has a story that Chief Sam Boyd told in 1935 about “Elk Soup,” and my grandmother Ida Peone-Boyd interpreted it. This story is not a sqalumpt (fable) but an actual oral history of “How the Spokane People Were Saved from Starving.”