This is a great thread but it neglects to mention that pre-colonization and the intro of sheep, the Salish and other Pacific Northwest tribes wove textiles out of the fur of a specially bred dog that has tragically gone extinct, called by westerners a "Wooly Dog"
https://www.science.org/content/article/curly-haired-woolly-dogs-pacific-northwest-were-no-myth
https://www.science.org/content/article/curly-haired-woolly-dogs-pacific-northwest-were-no-myth
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