Emily, Taylor, Billy

Touching Spirit Bear
By-Emily , Taylor, & Billy

Kermode Spirit Bear expert:Emily
The Kermode also know as the Spirit
Bear is a black bear that has white fur
due to a rare genetic trait. The spirit bear
is NOT albino. It has brown eyes and a
brown nose usually. A spirit bear weighs
about half a pound when it's born and
about 150- 300 pounds when they are
fully grown.

Kermode bear Facts
-They can run up to 55 km per hour
-They can live up to about 25 years in the wild
-They aren't polar bears
-There also known as "Spirit Bears" or "Ghost Bears"
-They have 5 claws
-born at a 1/2 a pound
-Can weigh up to 300 pounds when fully grown

What the Kermode Bear eats
Spirit bears are omnivores. Theyeat
berries, nuts, fruits, grasses,other plants,
insects, deer, moose fawns, and carrion.
Carrion is decaying flesh from dead
animals. And salmon when in season. Also
many other animals and plants

Where can you find a Kermode Bear
You can find Spirit Bears in Central
Coast and North Coast of British
Columbia. You can find a lot of Spirit
bears on Princess Royal Island were one
tenth of black bears are born white. In
British Cloumbia it is illegal to hunt
Spirit Bears.

How the Kermode got their name
The Kermode Bear is named after
Francis Kermode. Francis Kermode
discovered the Kermode bear. The
bear is also known as "spirit bear" or
"Ghost Bear"

Kermode, Spirit, Ghost Bear Pictures
Kermode Bear cub
Hunting Spirit Bear's in
British Columbia is illegal
Kermode Bear hunting
for fish

Alaska - Taylor
This is Ketchikan, Alaska.

Alaska Information
Alaska became the 49th U.S. state on
January 3, 1959. As 2000 the
population of alaska is 626,932.
Natives call alaska "Alyeska" this
means "the great land"

Alaska Facts!
● Alaska has two nicknames, one is The Great
Land and The Great Frontier.
● Alaska's state flower, is the Forget Me Not.
● Dog Mushing is Alaska's, state sport.
● Alaska's material is Gold.
● Jade, is Alaska's gem.

What is a justice circle - Taylor&Emily
A justice circle is, when people volunteer to
help sentence offenders lead better lives.
Several Native American tribes, including the
Tlingit, use this form of justice for the
wrongdoers. They allow others to join the
circle too.

Why do they use this form of
justice?
● The Tlingit Indians and Native Americans
use this to help criminals live better lives.

Fact 1
The only person that can talk is the person holding the
feather

Fact 2
The circle focuses on healing victims, offender,
and community where retributive justice
focuses on punishment.

Fact 3
They open the circle with a prayer started by
the Keeper, they also close with a prayer

Fact 4
Adoption of the circle of justices take over a period of
eighteen months.

Fact 5
The justice center has people that
observe how presentations of the
circle sentencing.

Tlingit Indian ambassador -Billy
jb
The word
Tlingit
means
People of
the tides
This is the Ambassador

The Life Of The Ambassador
The ambassadors life. His job of being the
ambassador is very hard. He has to keep
everyone on track. His job is similar to the
president he keeps everything in order and sets
people strait.

Ambassadors people
The people had a pretty big territory it extended
from the Portland canal to Alaska and British
columbia. The people occupied almost all of the
Alexander Archipelago. The the land spend
across The U.S.A to Canada. There was over
15,200 Tlingit people.