Humans and bears - Wild encounters

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A Historic Grizzly... Indians also paid respect to the great bears because they shared both living quarters and food together. The Indians gave the grizzly enough space  because of vicious encounters that proved to be most unpleasant. In fact, the grizzly had such respect by the Kootenai Indians that they conducted a ceremony to safeguard themselves from bear attacks. One can only imagine that this particular tribe had their problems with the great bears. The Blackfeet called the grizzly the "real bear," as they called the sacred buffalo the "real meat." This showed the outsider that the Blackfeet had great respect for the bears. I believe it was the Modoc Indians who said, "The grizzly even scared God away." Reckon they had a healthy fear of the great bears.  Reply