Bears

Heather A. Lapham is a research archaeologist in the Research Laboratories of Archaeology and adjunct associate professor of archaeology and anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the author of Hunting for Hides: Deerskins, Status, and Cultural Change in the Protohistoric Appalachians. Gregory Waselkov is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of South Alabama. His many books include A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813–1814.

• Introduction—Heather A. LaphamChapter 1 Ethnohistorical and Ethnographic Overview of Bear-Human Relationships in Native Eastern North America—Gregory A. WaselkovChapter 2 "Dear, Honored Guest": Bear Ceremonialism in Minnesota—David MatherChapter 3 The Great White Bear in Cosmology, Myth, Imagery, and Ritual—Thomas E. BerresChapter 4 The Multifaceted Bear: Spiritual and Economic Roles of Bears in Meskwaki Society—Ralph KoziarskiChapter 5 Use of Black Bears in the Western Great Lakes Region, and the Riddle of the Perforated Bear Mandibles—Terrance J. MartinChapter 6 Black Bears and the Iroquoians: Food, Stories, and Symbols—Christian Gates St-Pierre, Claire St-Germain, and Louis-Vincent Laperrière-DésorcyChapter 7 In Feast and Famine: New Perspectives on Black Bear in the Southern Appalachians and Piedmont, AD 1000–1800—Heather A. LaphamChapter 8 Better than Butter: Yona Go'i‚ Bear Grease in Cherokee Culture—Heidi M. Altman, Tanya M. Peres, and J. Matthew ComptonChapter 9 Bears, Bear-Grounds, and Bovines in the Lower Southeast—Barnet Pavao-ZuckermanChapter 10 Re-Examining the Evidence for Bear Ceremonialism in the Lower Mississippi Valley—Ashley Peles and Megan C. KassabaumChapter 11 Menageries and Bearskin Caps: Experiencing North American Bears in Post-Medieval Britain—Hannah J. O'ReganChapter 12 Bear-Human Relationships in Eastern Native North America: An Overview of Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Evidence—Gregory A. Waselkov and J. Lynn FunkhouserContributors

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