We would first and foremost like to thank the members of the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe who contributed so much to this book: Willard Bill, Jr., the tribe’s cultural director, who kindly read the book, recommended a number of resources, and facilitated our interaction with the tribe; and Nancy Jo Bob, a Muckleshoot language expert, who was incredibly generous with her time throughout—from suggesting Muckleshoot terms to checking our implementation of the language in the text to coaching January LaVoy, our amazing audiobook reader, on the pronunciation of Muckleshoot words.
Major thanks are also due to Tami Hohn, a member of the Puyallup Tribe, for creating the beautiful SL Lushootseed Style True Type font used for the Muckleshoot words in this book.
Thanks to David Bowles, who ensured that Professor Fauna’s Spanish is grammatical—and yet still as wacky as the professor is.
Additionally, Joe would like to thank all of his friends in the Native communities of the Pacific Northwest who have always been so generous and helpful over the years.
And finally, Adam would like to thank Joe, for being an unparalleled storyteller, partner, and teacher through this process. Adam feels very humbled to have worked with such a legendary writer and such a legendarily painful punner. In all seriousness, the experience was series-changing and life-changing.