Clem Bear Chief

CLEM BEAR CHIEF is director of welfare on the Blackfoot Reservation in Gleichen, Alberta, Canada. He is a former branch president of the Arrowwood Branch and is the father of six

Plucked from the Ashes

Articles/Essays – Volume 25, No. 4

While growing up on the Blackfoot Reservation near Gleichen, Alberta, Canada, I lived with my grandparents. On Sundays around noon, two well-dressed white men would drive up to our home. For some unknown reason, I…