Bear Medicine Wool Blanket autumn It was like my mom

It was like my mom saying her final goodbyes

Spencer was inspired by an encounter with this chubby-cheeked forest friend to create her original painting

" shares Piikani/Blackfeet artist and Inspired Natives® Collaborator John Isaiah Pepion

one of the first blooms of spring and a rare

and their central location meant trade route travelers were often moving through the territory

Bear Medicine Wool Blanket autumn It was like my momOur stunning "Bear Medicine" design by Giizh Agaton Howes (Anishinaabe Ojibwe) pays homage to an Anishinaabe tradition, where the Bear Clan are known as carriers of medicine. In this Native designed wool blanket, the mother bear carries the medicine while protecting the future generation. The art tells a story of inheritance, too: as we inherit both spiritual and physical gifts from our ancestors, we must also consider what we will give to our future