Oswald Bear was 22 when he left his parents’ home in Peguis First Nation, Manitoba on October 19, 1969, to gather wood in a nearby forest. He was described as a loving, happy Indigenous man with brown hair, grey eyes and a medium build, who lived with mental health challenges but was familiar with the woods and had never before failed to return from them.

That afternoon he visited his sister’s nearby home; she urged him to go back to their parents’ house to ease their mother’s worry. He left intending to return but never arrived. His disappearance was out of character and no trace or clear leads have been reported, leaving his family and community without answers.

Did anyone in Peguis First Nation or the surrounding area have information about Oswald’s movements on October 19, 1969, or remember sightings that day?