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Dance in British Columbia: Evoking the Wild Grizzly Bear's Spirit

Dance in British Columbia: Evoking the Wild Grizzly Bear's Spirit

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In the St'at'imc territory of British Columbia, Laura Grizzlypaws continues her tribes tradition of dancing to honor the grizzly bear. Okayzenmaster: Some tribes did hunt bear, and used the hide for their ceremonies. Unlike white hunters, they showed respect for the animals and thanked them for providing what they needed. They hunted for survival. Contrast that with white hunters slaughtering buffalo on the prairie and leaving the corpses to rot, part of the heinous effort to starve Native people into extinction.
I'd rather see bears left to live as well, but at least she is using the hide for her ceremonies and to educate young people.

Date: 2020-08-15

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There were over 100, 000 (estimated) grizzly bears in the U. S. in the early 1900's. Since the arrival of white settlers Grizzlies were actively eliminated as a threat to food and land resources. Compare this to the first North American people were lived in harmony with the wild animals for thousands of years, learning from and honoring them. The great bears now exist in only 2% of their range.
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I remember a bear roamed into my neighborhood in Glendora CA. Daylight sets in and the bear probably got lost. Someone's called 911, the bear was being chased and hunted by the cops. One of them shot the bear. Sad thing.
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Warning - If you were expecting to see a cute bear doing bear things in a bear forrest - yeah, it's not that thing. Be prepared to watch a disembodied bear dancing in a field.
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