Ant and Bear Dance

Living on Earth

Dovie (DUH-vee) Thomason, a Lakota/Kiowa Apache storyteller, spins the tale of the great dance contest between an ant and a bear. It’s all about the competition between darkness and light that takes place at this time of year, and why light ultimately wins.

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