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Stephen Small Salmon, a Pend d’Oreille elder will be the next storyteller at Travelers’ Rest State Park Saturday, Jan. 11., at 11 a.m.

“(Small Salmon) will be telling ‘Coyote Stories’, which are often traditional Native American tales of how things came to be,” said Molly Stockdale, executive director of the Travelers’ Rest Preservation and Heritage Association.

The coyote is a trickster in many Native American cultures, and is featured in many stories.

Small Salmon is also featured in a film shot in Montana, which director Graham DuBose hopes will be released this spring. “The Last Beyond” is set in the Bozeman area during the Great Depression, and Small Salmon plays the role of Flying Bear.

The characters and story grew out of Graham’s lifelong interest in nature, the West and Native American culture.

“At the time, I was fascinated by the Great Depression and the dramatic stories of that era. All these elements merged to become what felt like the perfect palette for my first feature film,” DuBose said.