Question

writeWritea story starting from ''once upon a time lived a bear with magical powers that allowed the bear to.........

Answer 1

In February, 2000 I met with a group of children ages 5 - 8 who were enrolled in the school program offered at the Namaste Retreat Center outside Portland, Oregon. I gathered some 'helpers' from the Foundation for Shamanic Studies 2 week program who served as back-up drummers while I shared tribal stories with the children. I shared with them that my Lakota name indicated I was of the "Owl clan" but that I was also a BearMedicineWoman and wanted to share with them the "big, wonderful and magical stories of the BearPeople." As our time together evolved, soon the children themselves seemed as cubs; I felt like some aged joyful Keeper of the Mysteries of the BearPeople. The drawing was done and given to me by Joanne Halverson. Her inscription: "Big Owl-Bear Grandmother teaching/healing and playing with the children."

I hope the stories, sagas and poems in these pages awaken the wonder within us all and we share our stories with children everywhere.