The stories in Bear Tales have been handed down from generation to generation. And in such tradition, they are now handed down to you, to share with the next generation. Share in the heritage of the Native American Indian heritage and relive a part of history.
Included in this anthology, are a group of collected works from the well-known, to the often-forgotten tribes. The tales included within this book feature one of the most familiar animals in Native American folklore, the Bear. Often portrayed as powerful and fierce, the Bear was the strong figure in stories, as you will read in the folklore within this collection.
Among the stories included are: The Woman and her Bear, Bear-Woman and Deer-Woman, The Maiden Who Became a Bear, Bear's Lodge, The Destruction of the Bear, They That Chase After the Bear, The Hunting of the Great Bear, The Medicine Grizzly Bear, The Badger and the Bear, The White Faced Bear, How the Bear Lost His Tail, The Bear and the Rabbit Hunt Buffalo, The Legend of the Bear Family, Mooin, the Bear's Child, The Bear Man, Turtle's Race with Bear, The Mother Bear's Song, Chipmunk and Bear, Bear Spirits, Adventures of Coyote, Bear Did Not Always Hibernate, The Rabbit Dines the Bear and many more.