After a Tlingit mother gives her son a dried piece of salmon with mold on the end, he flings it away in disgust, committing a taboo. This offends the Salmon People, who sweep him into the water and into their world, where the name him Shanyaak'utlaax or Salmon Boy.

Text in Tlingit and English. "This is an update of the 2004 edition published by Sealaska Heritage Institute [with the English title Moldy end]."--Facing title page. "After a Tlingit mother gives her son a dried piece of salmon with mold on the end, he flings it away in disgust, committing a taboo. This offends the Salmon People, who sweep him into the water and into their world, where they name him Shanyaak'utlaaöx or Salmon Boy. Find out what happens to Shanyaak'utlaaöx in this ancient Tlingit story."--Jacket flap.