California grizzly importance in American cultures?

[Red Indian Bear]

I want to know more about that how the indians especially of Western american viewed the grizzly bear. Grizzlies were numerous at that time some claiming mire than 10,000 and were feared and respected by the europeans and indians due to their ferocity and strength.

books.google.com.pk/books?id=tGsmAQAAMAAJ&q=california+grizzly+was+brave+and+indians+feared+them&dq=california+grizzly+was+brave+and+indians+feared+them&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiA9J3xq5T2AhVgR_EDHY97AisQ6AF6BAgFEAM

I know many about undian and grizzly confrontations but i want to now more as bears were very important to native cultures and could often be seen. Any info?

[Red Indian Bear]

Map shows that the Grizzly bear is revered all across north america, from Alaska to Northern Mexico, where is inhabitats.

[Red Indian Bear]

Jaguar in southwestern culture:

www.jstor.org/stable/1409436

thejaguarandallies.com/2015/10/22/jaguars-in-the-united-states-part-1/#header-menu-responsive

Bears in southwestern cultures:

ehillerman.unm.edu/node/1420#sthash.fb9j2DRi.dpbs

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0362331997900069

faculty.washington.edu/jlreid/wordpress/2017/11/28/carl-gorman-current-event-title/

www.bearsearscoalition.org/portfolio-items/bears-ears-buttes/


www.amnh.org/exhibitions/totems-to-turquoise/native-american-cosmology/many-worlds