When I was more or less formally accepted into the bear clan, and told Marie (a sweat lodge elder) about plans to get a tattoo (which did eventually happen ^_^), and that I had planned to stitch beaded bear paws onto my mitts. She was all thrilled and stuff, so off I went!
I moved along at a pretty good pace I would say. This was... more or less my first time beading anything ever before (the seed pouch being the one item before this), so I was just crossing my fingers and seeing how it went.
So as I was making this, the Cree ancestors were speaking to me throughout it, I made a blood pact with my Cree brothers through this, to be strong and to call upon them when I need them.
June 2020
