Nooke Group
The Nooke group was responsible for defense and healing. Though today the Bear Clan has all merged into a single clan known as Nooke, at one time the Bear was the largest — so large, in fact, that it was sub-divided into body parts such as the head (Makoshtigwaan or "bear-skull"), the ribs and the feet (Nookezid or "tender-foot"), as well as different types of bears such as the Waabishki-makwa or "White Black bear" and the Mishimakwa or "Grizzly Bear".
- Makwa (Bear) (Oj, Od, Po)
- Bizhiw (Lynx)
- Ma’iingan (Oj) or Mawii’aa (Po) (Wolf)
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