Here again, Emily was different. She said she was a Canadian. She loved Canada. She wanted her family to love Canada as well. She wanted them to see that it was a fine place to live.

Friends of Emily's family were working with Indians in the west of British Columbia. When Emily was 15, she went to stay with her friends and the Indians. She wanted to get to know the Indians. She wanted to paint them.

Emily got on well with the Indians. They gave her a new name, "Klee Wyck." "Klee Wyck" means "Laughing One" in the Indians' language.

The Indians were closer to nature than people living in big cities. They did not let a clock run their lives for them. They still had time to look about them. They took the time to look at the trees, to feel the wind, to listen to the sea.

Emily saw the Indians' totem poles. She loved the totem poles. They had pictures of men and birds and animals and fish. The totem poles told a story.

People looked at the totem poles and remembered that man was not alone in the world. The totem poles told people that man had to have other living things in the world to be able to live.

The totem poles said that the bird was smart, that the fish was fast, and that the bear was strong. People remembered that man was not above any of