Glecia Bear or Nêhiyaw (April 29, 1912 in Green Lake, Saskatchewan â September 1998, Flying Dust First Nation) was a Saskatchewan-born Cree elder and a traditional tale teller. Her stories were recorded and translated by Freda Ahenakew.
She was the first female chief of the Flying Dust First Nation.
In Kthkominawak otbcimowiniwbwa, Glecia Bear tells her life story as a Cree woman. In Wanisinwak iskwesisak : awasisasinahikanis, Glecia Bear recalls being lost in the forest with her little sister when they were eleven and eight years old.