Answer:
Like most Native American mythologies, the myth "When Grizzlies Walked Upright" contains spirits and nature coming together, the involvement of animals in the process, and the image of a creator as the 'giver' of life.
Explanation:
Native American mythology consists of the various beliefs of how life was created and how the whole earth came into being. The basic characteristics of this mythological belief is that of the Creator, the interplay between the sacred world and the natural world, and the involvement of animals in this creation process.
In the myth "When Grizzlies Walked Upright", the creation of the earth and that of how the "Modocs" Indians were created. And as in most Native American creation myths, this myth also contains the Chief of the Sky Spirits as the creator whose actions led to the first Indians and how the grizzlies began to walk on all fours and not speak. It also contains stories on how the sacred world and nature intertwined with each other, in the characters of the Sky Chief, his daughter and the grizzlies, and their offspring that became the Indian race.