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Native Americans believe that the Bear has strong medicine magic and many tribes consider bears to be Shamans themselves. They are known to American Indian tribes and their Shamans as “Keeper of Medicine” because they keep all the ancient healing secrets of the Indians and the spirits of the Earth. To me bears represent strength and protection (think "Mama Bear!") but they always seem a bit goofy to me, as characterized by Baloo in the Jungle Book. Teddy Roosevelt once said that he thought the American Grizzly should be our national symbol instead of the Bald Eagle because the Grizzly Bear was "noble and maybe a little reckless. Sometimes feared, not always liked, but always respected."