Glecia Bear

Glecia Bear
Nêhiyaw
Cree leader
Personal details
BornApril 29, 1912
Green Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada
DiedSeptember 1998 (aged 85–86)
Flying Dust First Nation, Canada

Glecia Bear or Nêhiyaw (April 29, 1912 in Green Lake, Saskatchewan – September 1998, Flying Dust First Nation[1]) was a Saskatchewan-born[2] Cree elder and a traditional tale teller.[3] Her stories were recorded and translated by Freda Ahenakew.

She was the first female chief of the Flying Dust First Nation.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Compassion/manâcihitowin". Dene/Cree ElderSpeak (in English and Cree). Meadow Lake Tribal Council. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
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  3. ^ Carter, Sarah (2005). Unsettled pasts: reconceiving the west through women's history. University of Calgary Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-55238-177-9. Retrieved 23 December 2010.