...who would think a boy and bear would be well accepted anywhere...

well, the bear was wild and I didn't see it dance, but I did see and photograph it eating huckleberries and mountain ash berries, walking down the trail, startling Sally which amused Bronka, and then stopping about ten feet from the trail to curl up under a bush to take a nap.
Sally's website with lots of information about Mount Rainier

This was one of a few cubs I photographed in the Paradise meadows last autumn. I spent about an hour with this guy including waiting twenty minutes while it snoozed.

The cub acted as if there were no people present as it never seemed to look at or acknowledge their presence.

A little later, a coyote came down the trail and it also ignored me except that it did step off the trail when it passed. It was in a hunting mode with a vole or mouse on it's mind. Luckily for these animals, they had evidently not been habituated to people feeding them which is really bad for wildlife because they then depend on humans for food and lose their ability to forage.

Peace

ps ...it's just amazing how fair people can be... (do you know this song?)