Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Salish are a linguistic and cultural grouping of First Nations from British Columbia and Washington. The creator god of the Salish is Amotken, a kind, elderly man who lives alone in heaven. He created five women from five hairs from his head and asked them what they wanted to be. Each gave him a different answer: wickedness and cruelty, goodness, mother of the Earth, fire, water. Amotken did as they asked and declared that wickedness would rule Earth for a time, but goodness would win in the end. Tsauz was a crippled boy who was very ugly. In many different variations on the same story, Tsauz became strong and beautiful. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.