Trickster stories have a funny way of turning what we think we know, upside-down. This provides us with an opportunity to challenge our assumptions and question our thinking. In this weeks episode, Michael lays the groundwork for a conversation with end-of-life-counselor, teacher, and filmmaker, Dr. Martha Jo Atkins (in Part 2). But first, here's your opportunity to have your own experience with this coyote story from the Nez Perce people of the Pacific Northwest. In it, Coyote travels with Death to the land of the Shadow People, offering us insights as to how death as we know it came in to being and some subtle clues about what may be going on beyond the sight of the living.