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Article: Canine in the Wild.(gray wolf)
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- The World and I
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
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Vigorous as a predator, affectionate toward its pack, the gray wolf elicits both fear and admiration among humans.
"Long ago when the earth was new, and Anishinable (the first man of the Chippewa) was walking the earth naming all of creation, lands and waters, he was alone, and the creator placed the wolf to walk with Anishinable and be his friend and brother. The creator told them what happens to one will happen to the other."
Ann Dunn Chippewa elder
From Little Red Riding Hood to The Boy Who Cried Wolf to the proverbial Owolf at the door,OO our European-derived culture portrays the wolf as a big bad beast--an animal to be feared and hunted ...