The birth of a white buffalo calf is a major event for many native peoples:
White Buffalo Calf Born at Yellowstone National Park
BY KAILI BERG JUNE 11, 2024
Last week at Yellowstone National Park, a sacred and rare event took place as a white buffalo calf was born. The occurrence holds deep significance for various Native American tribes, who revere the white buffalo as a powerful symbol of spirituality and hope. https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/white-buffalo-calf-born-at-yellowstone-national-parkTHE LEGEND OF THE WHITE BUFFALO WOMAN
“Above all else, remember this is a peace pipe I have given you. You will smoke it before all ceremonies. You will smoke it before making treaties. It will bring peaceful thoughts into your mind. If you use it when you pray to the Strong One Above and to Mother Earth, you will be sure to receive the blessings you ask.”
When the woman had completed her message, she turned and slowly walked away. All the people watched her in awe. Outside the opening of the circle, she stopped for an instant and then lay down on the ground. She rose again in the form of a black buffalo cow. Again she lay down and then arose in the form of a red buffalo cow. A third time she lay down and arose as a brown buffalo cow. The fourth and last time, she had the form of a spotlessly white buffalo cow. Then she walked toward the north into the distance and finally disappeared over a far-off hill.https://aktalakota.stjo.org/lakota-legends/white-buffalo-woman/Arvol Looking Horse (born 1954) is a Lakota Native American spiritual leader. He is the 19th keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe and Bundle.
He is a leading voice in the protest against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvol_Looking_Horsehttps://www.brulepodcast.com/e/the-legacy-of-arvo-lookinghorse-spiritual-leadership-and-native-american-heritage/Please give to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and support Indigenous justice. We remain on the front lines of the battle to protect our water and people from the Dakota Access pipeline, and your generosity today helps to lift up our Tribe, preserve our culture, and safeguard our way of life for the next seven generations. Wopila! Mni wiconi.
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