1. Name: Running Bear

2. Date of Birth: April 3, 1883

3. Place of Birth: Helena, Montana

4. Parents: Macawi and Hantaywee

5. Siblings: Chumani (1871-72), Kimmela (1873-), Maka (1876-), Wakanda (1877-), Wihakayda (1879), Takchawee (1881-)

6. Describe your childhood. I grew up in Helena. My parents owned a music store. They sold pianos, harps, violins, guitars, xylophones, drums, etc..

7. What did you enjoy doing as a child? I would learn to play the various instruments after hours.

8. What is your earliest memory? Being pushed down a hill on a sled at Fire Tower Hill.

9. How old were you when you went on your first date and where did you go? 13. I went to an ice cream parlor with a local girl. Sad thing is, I can't remember her name.

10. Married? Mindy and I married at Hill Park, Helena on May 22, 1905

11. Pets? Never had one.

12. Education: South Helena High School, class of 1901. BA in Motion Picture Production, Jennings University, 1905.

13. Current friends: Jim Clearwater, Damon Albarn, James Hewlett

14. Occupation: Montana Cultural Ambassador. Mindy and I give speeches and tours on Indian culture in Montana.

15. What was your first job? Clerk, Davis Sporting Goods, Helena

16. How much did you make? 25 cents an hour.

17. What is your favorite quote? "Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself." - Chief Seattle

18. What are you doing now? Washing the trucks.

20. Do you admire a famous person? Gov. Edwin Norris.

21. What makes them admirable? Besides being a visionary governor, he is a decent, humble, thoughtful man.

22. What is your favorite food? Wheat bread

23. What is your favorite color? Brown

24. What is your favorite song? Air by Johann Sebastian Bach

25. Hobbies: Darts. I came in third last year at a city wide competition.

26. Name of the last book you read? Guide to the 1910 Model Movie Camera by the Edison Trust

27. Tell me about a memorable moment in your life; a time you will never forget. When I first met Mindy she was at the library trying to study for a speech contest. I began an overly dramatic intrepretation of what I was reading, a book on accounting which I had grabbed at random.

After a couple of minutes she said, "Will you stop?"

I replied, "Only if you'll have coffee with me."

She agreed and I arranged a meeting after her speech. Since that day it's been a wonderful journey of love.

28. What things do you find yourself doing that you said you'd never do? Working for the state. I, like many folks, always had a poor opinion of state workers. That changed when I took my first state paycheck to the bank.

29. What are the goals you are still working toward? Well, I am in the process of making four films on Montana. So far, we've only shot about 11% of what I had planned. But that's ok, adapting to change is an intregal part of any artistic endeavour.

30. When people look back at your life, how do you want to be remembered? As a resourceful and passionate person.

31. What is your favorite outdoor activity? Archery. I like to bow hunt for wild hogs, turkeys, quail, whatever I can find up near Lake Helena.

32. Do you attend church or religious services? West Helena Church of Christ. I lead singing a couple of times a month.

33. What is your favorite Bible verse? Romans 8:31

34. What makes you happy? Being alive. Every moment above ground is another chance for adventure.

35. What makes you sad? Negativity in any form. I avoid it.

36. What frightens you? Disappoiting myself or Mindy or Gov. Norris.

37. What is there about you that would surprise people if they found out? I can play 30 musical instruments. I decided to major in film production after meeting a pretty girl named Mindy a few weeks before classes were to begin.

There was no room left in the program but I kept pressing Professor Oldman to let me in. Two days before classes were to begin, a student dropped out.

The next day, I rode down to Butte with a friend to a burlesque theater. I wanted to see an actual movie for myself. Mindy helped me write an essay to enter the course, but up until that day, I'd never seen a movie.