The bear and the wolf are the two of the most powerful spirits in the forest

An essay by guest blogger Barry Babcock “The Cherokees….put bears in a special category. To the Cherokees, the bear represented the division between people and animals, and bears were descended from people. Long ago, according to a Cherokee legend, all the Cherokees in a certain town decided to live in the forest with the animals, …

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