This panel asserts a parallel between its introductory legend and the history of the Squaxin Island Tribe on the Squaxin Island reservation to better illustrate the tender relationship between the people and the land. A backdrop depicting a woman peeking from seaweed emphasizes the significance of the legend to the succeeding information. At the end of Fox Island, washed up seaweed and pebbles resembling animals are a sign from the young girl who once played on that sand. She left as soon as she was of age to marry and live with her husband in the sea. Just as the girl moved from her island home for a better life, Squaxin Island residents moved to the mainland in search of jobs and education. Like she remembers her love for those washed up
