Contributor: Ray Daley - - A man comes to your house, he is wearing a grey suit. He pulls at his tie nervously as he speaks to your mother. She asks his name, "William Gibson" he replies. You later discover that he calls himself Twelve Bears, he is of the Navaho Nation. It is not a traditional name, he has not been named in the traditional First Nation way. He was not named for the first thing his mother saw after giving birth to him. He jokingly says "Otherwise my name would be Hospital Ceiling." There are many other possible reasons why he calls himself this name. He may have seen twelve bears, he may have killed twelve bears. He may have even owned twelve bears at some point in his life. You will later discover that none of these reasons are the correct one. "My mother was a good woman" he tells your mother. He insists on speaking...

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Author: Ray Daley