Never Say Goodbye Wool Blanket

Never say goodbye. In Lushootseed, the word huy means “See you again" or "we never say goodbye”. The Seattle-based Huy organization provides economic, educational, rehabilitative, and religious support for incarcerated Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest and throughout the United States. In this way, Huy ensures we never say goodbye to our incarcerated relatives and instead uplift them on their journey back to health and prosperity. In celebration of this mission, the Huy organization worked with Louie Gong (Nooksack) and Eighth Generation to create the Never Say Goodbye Wool Blanket. This blanket sparks powerful conversations on the colonial justice system and unfair racial prejudices, and stands as a symbol of Native resiliency can caretaking. Louie is generously donating his royalties from sales on the Never Say Goodbye Wool Blanket to Huy. The central motif—a butterfly designed in Louie's distinctive Coast Salish style—spreads its wings across the entire blanket, encompassin