Maria Williams Author

Maria Williams (Tlingit), who has a doctorate in ethnomusicology from UCLA, is the Native Folk Arts Director for the Alaska State Council on the Arts. She learned this story, which is a traditional Tlingit tale, from her father, Aweix Bill Williams. Felix Vigil (Jicarilla Apache/Jemez Pueblo) follows in his father's footsteps as a professional artist. A graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art, he lives and paints in Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico, where he was born and raised.