This one is táamsoy and táamsoy is ant and this one is alatálo -yellow jacket. This comes from the legend of Ant the Yellow Jacket. This one is tilípe- fox and this one is ‘iceyéeye- coyote. And, coyote is known as trickster coyote and he is magical and mystical and he can do a lot of good but he can also get into trouble. And Tliupa is a lot of times his sidekick. And so, these are some of the masks. Once the kids put these on, like Trickster being magical and mystical, once they put them on it almost seems like they transform into that character. So, it may give them some type of comfort to hide behind and at the same time they become born into these characters.

Ann (in background): You played Coyote in the last production, can you put on the mask for a minuet and let us see what it looks like when a human being is wearing it?

(Angel with the mask on): Manáa kúuse? What are you doing? Ohhhhh Láawtiiwa Not you again.

So we just throw in Nez Perce language words in there. This is the mask and once you put on the mask you realize coyote is feisty and jumpy and so to be trickster coyote, ‘iceyéeye you kind of have to try and get in shape too, because he is everywhere and that is what this character is. You can’t play trickster coyote uhhhhhohhh, that just wouldn’t work this is, coyote is kind of hyper. So, that is what I turned him into anyway and that is what the mask made me do, is turn into an energetic ‘iceyéeye.