TY - BOOK AU - Bruchac,Joseph AU - Locker,Thomas TI - The earth under Sky Bear's feet: Native American poems of the land SN - 069811647X PY - 1995/// CY - New York PB - Putnam & Grosset Group KW - First Nations KW - Legends KW - Poetry N1 - Includes bibliographical references; All Juvenile N2 - To many nations, Sky Bear is the Ursa Major (Big Dipper) constellation, and in this companion to "Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back" (1992), Bruchac has collected thirteen songs, stories and poems about what Sky Bear sees on the land he inspects each night: fireflies (Anishinabe), a family of mice (Winnebago), pinion trees (Chumash), an old wolf (Lakota), and others. Combined, these voices celebrate the night and reassure those that are fearful of it ER -