I met Curly Bear on 2 separate occasions and listened to him speak at the Glacier Park Lodge. Both times he made a point of telling me that I was a healer. One of the quotes I retell often is when he was talking about man’s encroachment into wildlife territories; “You never hear of any of my people getting attacked by bears. Do you want to know our secret? We don’t go up there. There are bears up there.” I laughed so hard. Such a simple concept. Thank you Curly Bear, for sharing your stories, knowledge, and common sense; enriching my life and the lives of everyone else you ever met. You will be greatly missed.