Shortly after Kenai leaves, Denahi and Sitka set off after him. Unable to stop Kenai from leaving, Sitka glares at Denahi.
This prompts Kenai to fetch his spear and take off after the bear in an effort to retrieve Denahi's basket. He yells at Kenai for the error, complaining that it had taken him two weeks to make the basket. Once free, Denahi finds that a bear had made off with their catch due to Kenai's failure to tie up the basket properly. After the ceremony, Denahi teases Kenai for his totem, showering him with flowers and calling him "lover boy." Sitka orders Denahi to take care of the fish, and he saunters off, only to get bitten in the hind by a dog.ĭenahi accuses Kenai of having not tied up their basket properly Meanwhile, Denahi and Sitka run ahead to the village.ĭuring the ceremony, Denahi and Sitka spectate while the tribe's shawoman, Tanana, gives Kenai his totem: the Bear of Love. Eventually, the boys catch enough fish and return to the village, where Kenai deposits their catch into a basket and ties it into a tree. Though Sitka is amused, Denahi is annoyed. Along the way, Denahi and Sitka catch fish with a net, but Kenai disrupts their work by riding on a mammoth. The brothers return to their canoes and paddle back to the village.
This spins Kenai into a fury, and the two start squabbling again, but Sitka promptly breaks it up, reminding them that they can only return to the village once they have caught enough fish.Īnnoyed by Kenai's antics, Denahi pins him to the ground and prepares to drool in his face Denahi continues to tease Kenai for being their "baby brother" and for making such a big deal out of his upcoming ceremony. After the herd passes, Denahi tackles Kenai and starts drooling in his face, only for Sitka to seize his brothers in headlocks and lecture them for fighting. The brothers take shelter behind their canoes, though one of the caribou kicks Denahi in the head. While out with his brothers, Sitka and Kenai, Denahi spots Kenai fleeing a stampede of caribou. When he came of age, Denahi received his totem: the Wolf of Wisdom. It is implied that Sitka raised and took care of both him and Kenai. Eventually, Denahi went on to succeed Tanana as the shaman of their tribe, to whom he related the story of Kenai's miraculous transformation.ĭenahi was born as the younger brother of Sitka and the elder brother of Kenai. Later, Denahi officiated the ceremony in which Kenai placed his paw print on the wall of their ancestors. Due to his time as a bear and his bond with a bear cub named Koda, Kenai chose to remain a bear, and Denahi gave him his blessing.
With Kenai restored to his natural form, the brothers reconciled, and Denahi denounced his original mission to enact revenge. Denahi made many attempts on Kenai's life, even endangering himself in the process, and almost succeeded until Sitka interfered and transformed Kenai back into a human. Unaware that the bear was really a transformed Kenai, Denahi swore his vengeance and embarked on a quest to slay the bear. Though Denahi attempted to stop Kenai, he arrived at the scene of the fight to find Kenai gone and a bear standing in his place. As a result, Denahi blamed Sitka's death on Kenai, which drove Kenai to pursue and kill the bear to avenge Sitka's death. As an adolescent, Denahi witnessed Sitka die in a fight with a bear, which Kenai had instigated. They learned to hunt, fish, and contribute to their tribe together, which forged an inseparable bond between them. He is the brother of Sitka and Kenai.ĭenahi and his younger brother, Kenai, grew up under the care and tutelage of their elder brother, Sitka. ―Denahi to Kenai ĭenahi is a male Inuk human. No matter what you choose, you'll always be my little brother.