Waking the Bear: Understanding Circumpolar Bear Ceremonialism, Version 1

For centuries, Indigenous peoples across Eurasia and North American have maintained harmonious relations with bears with whom they share the world, honoring this relationship through elaborate ceremonies. At present, this website describes the bear ceremonies of Siberian people, the Mansi and the Khanty, through a rich narrative illustrated by photos, videos, and audio recordings. The content is in both English and Russian.Between 2021 to 2022, the research project aims to reach out to Native American and First Nations communities in the United States and Canada, whose concern has been indicated by the unique Grizzly Bear Treaty of 2016, initiated by the Piikani First Nation of Canada and signed by representatives of more than a hundred tribes. The hope is that the website might provide the focus for a future, multidisciplinary Indigenous-led forum on sharing the world with bears and other-than-human persons.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Maintainer Earthdata Forum
Last Updated February 17, 2026, 04:12 (UTC)
Created April 1, 2025, 20:02 (UTC)
accessLevel public
bureauCode {026:00}
catalog_conformsTo https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
harvest_object_id 846a8a0d-c431-4bd3-a7eb-1c9b11baaa56
harvest_source_id b99e41c6-fe79-4c19-bbc3-9b6c8111bfac
harvest_source_title Science Discovery Engine
identifier 10.7265/26bx-en20
landingPage https://eloka-arctic.org/bears
modified 2026-02-16
programCode {026:000}
publisher NSIDC
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash 284703cd95dac55661a25a9d037bd25ddb206d1ff6f90c203bb015720416b2cc
source_schema_version 1.1
spatial ["CARTESIAN"]
temporal 1995-01-01/1995-01-01
theme {"Earth Science"}