Keeping Warmth in a Bag

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Keeping Warmth in a Bag (Slavey)
from American Indian Myths and Legends
Selected and Edited by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz
Published by Pantheon Books, NY

The Slavey (also Slave) are a First Nations aboriginal people of the Dene group, indigenous to the Great Slave Lake region, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, and extending into northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta.

The Bears have been keeping Heat for themselves, and all of the other living creatures set out to bring Heat back to the world.