Renewed Hope For The World Comes With Another White Bison Calf
A symbol of hope and renewal for humanity and for harmony between all people, all races, in our world today came again on Saturday, May 22nd, 2004 with the birth of a white bison calf at Spirit Mountain Ranch near Flagstaff, Arizona. The May 24th issue of The Arizona Republic does not state if the new born calf is a male or female.
The first(living) white buffalo, “Miracle", a female, was born ten years ago on August 20th, 1994 on the south central Wisconsin farm of Dave, Valerie and Corey Heider
Especially sacred to Plains Indians such as the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota Nations, known as the Sioux, because the white calf is seen as a symbol of rebirth when the world’s people are in troubled times as told through the legend of the White Buffalo and related by John Lame Deer in 1967.
“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 ashes.
“The woman spoke to the second young man and said, ‘Return to your people and tell then I am coming.’ This holy woman brought a wrapped bundle. 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 children. ‘You are from Mother Earth’, she told the women, 'what you are doing it 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 people honored the pipe, and buffalo were plentiful.”
A white bison calf is a one in ten million occurrence according to Keith Davis a spokesperson for the Spirit Mountain Ranch owned by Jim and Dena Riley. None of the other buffalos on the ranch are albinos but rather a mutation of the usual color of dark brown to black which turned white. Of their eleven buffalo, four are white not including the newborn and all are pure bison proven by DNA testing at a California and not a mix of bison and cattle known as “beefalo”.
The birth of a second sacred white buffalo during these troubled times when our nation is at war and we live with
the constant threat of terrorism symbolizes the coming together of humanity into a oneness of heart, mind and spirit.
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Alyssa Burhans, Organizing Director for Native America and Young Voters at National Voice.
The first(living) white buffalo, “Miracle", a female, was born ten years ago on August 20th, 1994 on the south central Wisconsin farm of Dave, Valerie and Corey Heider
Especially sacred to Plains Indians such as the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota Nations, known as the Sioux, because the white calf is seen as a symbol of rebirth when the world’s people are in troubled times as told through the legend of the White Buffalo and related by John Lame Deer in 1967.
“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 ashes.
“The woman spoke to the second young man and said, ‘Return to your people and tell then I am coming.’ This holy woman brought a wrapped bundle. 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 children. ‘You are from Mother Earth’, she told the women, 'what you are doing it 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 people honored the pipe, and buffalo were plentiful.”
A white bison calf is a one in ten million occurrence according to Keith Davis a spokesperson for the Spirit Mountain Ranch owned by Jim and Dena Riley. None of the other buffalos on the ranch are albinos but rather a mutation of the usual color of dark brown to black which turned white. Of their eleven buffalo, four are white not including the newborn and all are pure bison proven by DNA testing at a California and not a mix of bison and cattle known as “beefalo”.
The birth of a second sacred white buffalo during these troubled times when our nation is at war and we live with
the constant threat of terrorism symbolizes the coming together of humanity into a oneness of heart, mind and spirit.
NATIVE UNITY - A place for Native American Peoples to solidify their tribes to make a positive impact on the cultural, social, economic and political fabric of American society and a place for non-Natives to better understand the ways of the American Indian.
NATIONAL VOICE, a coalition of non-profit and community groups working to maximize the impact of voter groups, has set up a Native Voter listserve to inform about Native voting projects, training opportunities, funding and breaking news throughout
the country.
To learn more about National Voice - http://nationalvoice.org.
To join -
http://www.nationalvoice.org/lists2.html.
Alyssa Burhans, Organizing Director for Native America and Young Voters at National Voice.
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