Category Archives: Indian Country

You Go, Cavegirl!

Posted on June 11, 2022 by Tom Hopp

As my new novel, Megaflood, climbs sales charts at Amazon and other major booksellers, I’d like to take time to thank the person most responsible for the book’s meteoric success: its heroine, Denawe. She’s the young woman, not yet sixteen … Continue reading →

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I saw A’yahos, Seattle’s earthquake serpent spirit

Posted on December 28, 2019 by Tom Hopp

I’ll never forget the ripples underground or the accompanying thunder on the day I met A’yahos, the Duwamish Tribe’s legendary earthquake serpent spirit. I’m a believer now, because I saw him slithering with my own eyes! Continue reading →

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The Duwamish In Me

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Tom Hopp

Like Duwamish Tribe members of ancient times, I am one of those people whose earliest childhood memories are of playing beside their river. Continue reading →

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Rainier Erupts! —Today!

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Tom Hopp

Imagine being in Seattle or Tacoma as Rainier explodes with the power of a hundred atom bombs. Continue reading →

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The Awesomeness of Spirit Cove

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Tom Hopp

Spirit Cove. Here Raven bit the shore, in the days when he was a giant, to carve out a home for the animals–and humans too. Continue reading →

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Tribal Whaling in The Neah Virus

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Tom Hopp

Caution. You may find yourself turning pages of the Neah Virus at a feverish pace. Almost as if you had The Neah Virus fever. You might even find yourself praying to the whales for help. Continue reading →

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Symbolism of The Raven

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Tom Hopp

Edgar Allan Poe isn’t the only one to use the dark symbolism of the Raven in his writings. This inky harbinger of death and evil has been a perennial favorite of storytellers for centuries, if not millennia. So, can you … Continue reading →

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Serpent Symbolism in The Neah Virus

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Tom Hopp

While I was researching this novel over a period of a decade and more, the two-headed beast kept popping up until I began to feel it represented some sort of communication coming to me from “the other side.” Continue reading →

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The Neah Virus – Published!

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Tom Hopp

The Neah Virus tells of a deadly new virus that arises on the Makah Indian Reservation, killing non-Native Americans but leaving Makahs untouched. Continue reading →

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Salmon Homecoming, Seattle

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Tom Hopp

If you have never experienced the pageantry, pomp, and celebration of a Native American pow wow, maybe you should join me today on Seattle’s waterfront. It’s always quite a show. Continue reading →

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