The Bear Who Married a Woman (Tsimshian)
A Tsimshian woman gathering berries in the forest encountered a bear who removed his bearskin and revealed himself as a handsome man. He took her to his village, where the bear people lived just like humans inside their lodges but appeared as bears to outsiders. The woman married him, learned the ways of the bear people, and gave birth to children who were half-human, half-bear. Her husband provided abundantly for her, bringing salmon and berries. She grew content with her bear husband, but when her human brothers came searching for her, she was forced to choose between her two families. The b