This is a myth from the Shoshone tribe located in Wyoming, Southern Idaho.
"A grizzly bear (Cygnus) climbed up a tall mountain to go hunting in the sky. As he climbed, snow and ice clung to the fur of his feet and legs. Crossing the sky the ice crystals trailed behind him forming the Milky Way."
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Detail of beadwork from an Ojibwe medicine pouch
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