OF TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR

FIRE SYMBOLIZES ANGER (COLE'S) AND FEELINGS

"COLE STARED INTO THE FIRE, HE HAD WANTED REVENGE BUT FELT A LITTLE JOY FROM IT"

BARRIERS AND LIFE

"WITH EVERY STOKE FORWARD HE WAS PUSHED TWO STROKES BACK INTO THE BAY"

RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, TRUTH/SINCERITY

"THE FEATHER SYMBOLIZES RESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY, NO ONE MUST SPEAK WITHOUT IT"

OVERCOMING, ADVERSITY, BADS=GOOD

"THAT WAS GROSS.""I BAKED IT THIS MORNING, USING THE SAME INGREDIENTS ON THE TABLE"

NO BEGINNING AND NO END/LIFE

"IS EVERYTHING ALWAYS A CIRCLE?"ASKED COLE. "WHY NOT?" GARVEY SAID. " LIFE'S A CIRCLE."

PRIDE, DIGNITY, HONOR, AND COLE'S ANGER

COLE GLANCED OWN AND SPOTTED THE KNIFE LYING BY HIS SIDE. IT SATISFIED HIM TO SEE THE SPRIT BEAR'S BLOOD ON THE BLADE TIP.

COLE'S LACK OF CONTROL, POWER OF NATURE

A CONSTANT RAIN AND SHROUDED THE GRAY SKY MASKED THE PASSING OF HOURS, LEAVING COLE IN A CRUEL TIME WARP WITH ONLY ONE POSSIBLE END

BRAVERY/NOT AFARID; NATURE/LIFE

OVERHEAD EAGLES DRIFTED ONNTHE AIR CURRENTS. IN THE BAY, A MOTHER SEAL PLAYED WITH HER SPOTTED PUPS

FAMILY/LOVE

COLE SPOTTED THE GLISTENING KEEL-LIKE FINS OF AN ORCA WHALE GUIDING HER CALF ALONG THE SHORELINE IN SERCH OF FOOD.

TRUST, TRADITION, AND SHELTER

THIS BLANKET HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN FOR GENERATIONS IN MY FAMILY.

REVENGE

EVEN AS HE SPOKE, HE STARTED FOWARD, GRIPPING THE KNIFE AND AIMING THE SPEAR AT THE SPRIT BEAR'S BROAD WHITE CHEST

FAMILY/LOVE, MOTHER/CHILD, JEALOUSLY, LIFE

THE MOTHER BIRD WAS FEEDING HER YOUNG. THE BABY SPARROWS RESTED DRY AND WARM HAVING FOOD BROUGHT TO THEM.

THE IMPORTANT THINGS COLE LEARNED WHILE HE WAS ON THE ISLAND

WHAT FIGURE OR SHAPE WOULD HE USE TO EXPRESS WHAT HE LEARNED DURING THE DANCE.

COLE'S ANGER AND ANCESTORS

WITH EACH STEP, YOU CARRY YOUR ANCESTORS WITH YOU IN YOUR MIND, HEART, ANDIN YOUR SOUL. NOW IT SYMBOLIZES YOUR ANGER, ROLE IT DOWN THE HILL

THE PATH OF LIFE

"YES, IT IS A BIG DEAL. IT WAS A SHARING CELEBRATION. ALL BECAUSE YOU MADE IT. ALL LIFE IS A HOT DOG."

HOW COLE FEELS ABOUT CERTIN THINGS; HIS WAY OF EXPRESSION

"I'LL DANCE FIRST" HE ANNOUNCED. SLOWLY HE MOVED AROUND THE FIRE, PRETENDING TO SNIFF ABOUT LIKE A MOUSE.

COLE'S LYING

DELIBERATELY HE RAISED HIS HAND AND TOSSED THE HAIR INTO THE WATER. BEGINNING TODAY, HE WOUKD TELL THE TRUTH