The Great Grizzly
Art: The Great Grizzly
Artist: Mira Clark
Collection: VTA 2023: Story of Land, Water, and People
Description: Grizzlies lived in California for millennia enjoying a reciprocal relationship with Indigenous peoples. These great beings were revered and honored as both family members and respected teachers.
This drastically changed in the mid-1800s as settlers saw the Grizzly as criminal competition. California had one of the densest populations of Grizzlies on the continent. The Great Grizzly Bears lived long lives, were at least 4.5 feet at the shoulder, and sometimes as tall as 11 feet when standing. Following settler colonization and the gold rush in 1848, the Grizzly was not only hunted and killed but also captured and used for sports fights. The “last” California Grizzly was seen near Yosemite in 1924, going extinct after decades of persecution and hunting bounties.
Print Size: 9” x 12”
Art: The Great Grizzly
Artist: Mira Clark
Collection: VTA 2023: Story of Land, Water, and People
Description: Grizzlies lived in California for millennia enjoying a reciprocal relationship with Indigenous peoples. These great beings were revered and honored as both family members and respected teachers.
This drastically changed in the mid-1800s as settlers saw the Grizzly as criminal competition. California had one of the densest populations of Grizzlies on the continent. The Great Grizzly Bears lived long lives, were at least 4.5 feet at the shoulder, and sometimes as tall as 11 feet when standing. Following settler colonization and the gold rush in 1848, the Grizzly was not only hunted and killed but also captured and used for sports fights. The “last” California Grizzly was seen near Yosemite in 1924, going extinct after decades of persecution and hunting bounties.
Print Size: 9” x 12”
Art: The Great Grizzly
Artist: Mira Clark
Collection: VTA 2023: Story of Land, Water, and People
Description: Grizzlies lived in California for millennia enjoying a reciprocal relationship with Indigenous peoples. These great beings were revered and honored as both family members and respected teachers.
This drastically changed in the mid-1800s as settlers saw the Grizzly as criminal competition. California had one of the densest populations of Grizzlies on the continent. The Great Grizzly Bears lived long lives, were at least 4.5 feet at the shoulder, and sometimes as tall as 11 feet when standing. Following settler colonization and the gold rush in 1848, the Grizzly was not only hunted and killed but also captured and used for sports fights. The “last” California Grizzly was seen near Yosemite in 1924, going extinct after decades of persecution and hunting bounties.
Print Size: 9” x 12”