The Legend of White Buffalo

One summer a long time ago, the seven sacred council fires
of the Lakota Sioux came together and camped. The sun was
strong and the people were starving for there was no game.
Two young men went out to hunt. Along the way, the two men
met a beautiful young woman dressed in white who floated as
she walked. One man had bad desires for the woman and tried to
touch her, but was consumed by a cloud and turned into a pile
of bones. The woman spoke to the second young man and said,
"Return to your people and tell them I am coming."This holy
woman brought a wrapped bundle to the people. She unwrapped
the bundle giving to the people a sacred pipe and teaching them
how to use it to pray. "With this holy pipe, you will walk like a
living prayer," she said. The holy woman told the Sioux about the
value of the buffalo, the women and the children. "You are from
Mother Earth," she told the women, "What you are doing is as
great as the warriors do." Before she left, she told the people she
would return. As she walked away, she rolled over four times,
turning into a white female buffalo calf. It is said after that day the
Lakota honored their pipe, and buffalo were plentiful. (from John
Lame Deer's telling in 1967). Many believe that the buffalo calf,
Miracle, born August 20, 1994 symbolizes the coming together
of humanity into a oneness of heart, mind, and spirit.

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