Text Box: Kootznoowoo (Fortress of the bears) Coastal Brown Bear, omnivore of temperate rainforest, u-shaped valleys, and rounded ridge, when the Tlingit took you they covered your body with goose down and pointed your head towards the north star so your spirit would tell the other bears that you had been treated with respect and honor. Prickly porcupine ginseng salmon berries red in sodden green of Tongass rain slung white cascade, muskeg---then mountain alpine into long nights, auroras, brother salmon’s gift enough for all. Where bears have walked so many thousands of years that the rock has become roar, this sacred place. © 2005 Dan Kantak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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