Legend of the 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 men met a beautiful
woman dresses 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.
She unwrapped the bundle giving to the
people a scared pipe and teaching them
how to use it to pray.”
With this pipe,
you will walk like a living prayer,” she said.
The holy woman told the Sioux about the
value of the buffalo, the woman and the children.
“You are from Mother Earth,”
she told the woman,
“What you are doing is as great as the warriors do.”
Brfore 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.

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.