[9] A traditional spring celebration for the Maidu was the Bear Dance when the Maidu honored the bear coming out of hibernation. The bear's hibernation and survival through the winter …

Learn how the bear dance is an ongoing part of Maidu Culture. This video is one of several on the subject of the extinction of the California grizzly bear and the Monarch specimen on display in...

Oct 21, 2021 · The wedam, or Bear Dance, one of the oldest Maidu customs, was over, only to return again in the spring.

The Maidu dance partly to help people get well, to make friends with the spirits of the land, to encourage different kinds of food to appear, and to experience their indwelling spirit. Formal …

Jun 22, 2016 · A traditional spring celebration for the Maidu was the Bear Dance when the Maidu honored the bear coming out of hibernation. The bear's hibernation and survival through the …

May 17, 2018 · The Maidu welcomed spring with a Toto Dance. Female dancers shook beaded belts in rhythm with the music provided by the men on drums, rattles, flutes and whistles. …

The spring ritual of the Mountain Maidu Bear Dance, locally, has been held at a variety of locations. In the earliest times, it would be held near a stream, for water was an important …

Apr 23, 2023 · Four Generations of Konkow Maidu Women dancing in our homelands for the first time in over 100 years. -

Maidu dance and blessing #SalmonFest in #OrovilleCA By: Heather Hacking - Writer on water, ag, natural resources and gardening, Chico Enterprise-Record. Fan ...

California Mountain Maidu Dance