 Though today the Bear Clan has all merged into a single clan known as "Nooke", at one time the Bear was the largest — so large, in fact, that it was sub-divided into body parts such as the head ("Makoshtigwaan" or "bear-skull"), the ribs and the feet ("Nookezid" or "tender-foot"), as well as different types of bears such as the "Waabishki-makwa" or "white black bear" and the "Mishimakwa" or "grizzly bear".The "Baswenaazhi" group were traditionally charged with outgoing International communications.Because of this, often members of the "Baswenaazhi" group are said to be the most vocal.