Tribes honor the birth of a rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone

 

Dancing, drumming, singing and the retelling of how a mysterious woman brought a message of reassurance during hard times featured in Native American religious ceremonies Wednesday that commemorated a recent rare event in Yellowstone National Park.

Earlier this month, a white buffalo calf was born in the park’s vast and lush Lamar Valley, where huge, lumbering bison graze by the hundreds in scenes reminiscent of the old American West.

To the several tribes who revere American bison — they call them “buffalo” — the calf’s appearance was both the fulfilment of sacred prophesy and a message to take better care of the Earth...more