Marcellus "BearHeart" Williams was born in Okemah, Oklahoma on April 13th, 1918. His father was of the Bear Clan and his mother of the Wind Clan, of the Muskogee Nation-Creek Tribe. His great grandmother, Yebe, died on the Trail of Tears and is buried in an unmarked grave in Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma. In 1938, BearHeart won the title of World Fancy Dance Champion at Andarko, Oklahoma
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Along his journey, he has been an American Baptist minister, and a Road Man of the Native American Church...as well as teacher, mentor, and healer for many. Grandfather continues to be in transition, with one foot in this world and another in the great beyond.
For more information, please see the website The Gathering of Circles community maintains for him at:
http://www.bearheart.info/
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