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badger
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bear
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bear paw, bear claw
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birds
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buffalo
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coyote
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rabbit, hare
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Figure 3: Two diverse miniature images of bear. Left: Mica-infused buff clay tray for burning healing herbs by Crucita of Taos Pueblo (New Mexico). Right: Carved cedar Bear as clan symbol holding a “copper” by Salish youth with rights to design; Vancouver Island (British Columbia). Both in care of the author.

Figure 4: Nanabozho. Peterborough Petroglyphs Provincial Park (Ontario). Precontact (undetermined date) Anishnabe. Photograph by the author.

Zuni fetish necklace, turquoise, mother of pearl, and silver. 1970s, by unknown maker. Courtesy of The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ.

Pendant or brooch, silver overlay, 1972, by Hopi Crafts. Courtesy of The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ.

Two ivory and sterling silver lockets: “Man Making Igloo” by Sandy Okatsiak (left) and “Sedna and Bird” by Mark Eetak (both Arvial Inuit). Photo by Beth M. Biggs.

Hollow silver bear pendant by Carlton Jamon (Zuni); the bear figure includes a heartline. Photo by Robert D. Rubic. Private Collection.

Navajo shepherdess with goats, silver pin, ca. 1994, by Clarence Lee (Navajo). Photo by Robert D. Rubic. Private Collection.

A green turquoise butterfly brooch, with strong matrix markings, ca. 1950s–1960s, Navajo or Zuni. Courtesy of the Vander Wagen Trading Company.

Bear pendant with semiprecious-stone inlay by Jesse Monongye (Navajo). Courtesy of the artist.

Incised silver bracelet with raven design, late nineteenth century, Northwest Coast. Art Price Collection/National Archives of Canada/PA-201444.

“Lakota Courtship,” lapel pins, sterling silver, and jeweler's gold (brass and copper alloy), 1997, by Mitchell Zephier (Sioux). Courtesy of the artist.

Two silver bracelets, bird (left) and beaver designs, late nineteenth century, Northwest Coast. Art Price Collection/National Archives of Canada/PA-201445.

“Wolves at the Canadian Museum of Civilization,” sterling silver and patinated copper pin, 1996, by Mary Anne Barkhouse (Kwakwaka'wakw). Courtesy of the artist.

Incised silver brooch with bear design, Tsimshian. Canadian Museum of Civilization, Image #72-166604.

Necklace with grizzly bear claws, turquoise and silver, maker unknown, Southwest U.S. University of Pennsylvania Museum, neg. #S4-142828.

Sterling silver bird brooch, Northwest Coast, late nineteenth century. Art Price Collection/National Archives of Canada/PA-201441.

Pendant and earrings with buffalo motif, ca. 1998, by Kevin Fourier (Lakota). Courtesy of the artist.

German silver pin by Julius Caesar (Pawnee). Courtesy of U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, AD-68.24.1.

“The Story of Creation,” silver and inlay necklace by Julius Cook (Mohawk). Courtesy of the artist.