Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Learn how the bear dance is an ongoing part of Maidu Culture.

This video is one of several on the subject of the extinction of the California grizzly bear and the Monarch specimen on display in our California: State of Nature exhibit. View the entire playlist here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS14biAqBAtE9EOLxkNmtGD6c3JmG6RA15

Video Credits:
Danny Manning, Ricky Prows, Vance Hedrick, Mountain Maidu
Videographer/Editor: Nick Perez
Producer: Molly Michelson
Additional Footage: Oakland Zoo
Stock footage and music: Pond5.com
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