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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 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 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. Before she left, she told the people she would return. The White Buffalo Woman began walking West into the sunset. She rolled over four times: the first time she rolled, she became a black buffalo, the second time a red buffalo, the third time a buffalo the color of buckskin and the fourth time she became a female white buffalo calf.
Some say the birth of the white buffalo calf is a sign that soon, all the nations of the world shall come together in peace. |
