Bear
I am the south Direction. Ito-ka-ga-ta.
I am the Moon. I am the long days of summer.
I am the growth of all things green.
I am Bear. I am Ska Mato!
I am a kin to man for I too can walk upon two legs. I am a symbol of all that is natural and wild and I ask for protection of the lands I depend on. I mean you no harm for I mostly eat plants and berries, and I eat less meat than brother fox.
I am gentle and raise my children for up to two years before they leave. When they are born they are helpless like human children and I keep them safe and warm in my den. I let my children play for this is how they learn. Give us space and we will mind our own business.
My long winter sleep can teach you the importance of your dreamlife
and how to go deep within yourself to find the solutions you seek!
Awake like me in the spring and find a new world waiting to be reborn.
I know all the plants and the secrets they keep.
I love the trees and the sweet honey that can be found inside.
My medicine is strong like me.
Look to Bear!
I come in ALL colors!
Enter the Great Mystery and find the solutions that lie within you!
(lakota)
