This baby's a one in a million. Born August 25th, it's the third on the Heider farm in Wisconsin since 1996.
"When White Buffalo Calf Woman promised to return again, she made some prophecies at that time
One of those prophesies was that the birth of a white buffalo calf would be a sign that it would be near the time when she would return again to purify the world. ...she would bring back harmony again and balance, spiritually."
-Joseph Chasing Horse
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thank you!
That story for me is very recent past. I first heard it while watching a documentary on the Spirit Riders - Lakota Sioux who have found their people and culture renewed after resuming an ancient tradition of an annual winter crossing on horseback.
When I was in kindergarten at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, a local tribe of indians often came to perform ritual dances and tell us stories. I was smitten with one of the dancers, Patti Fawn. She was beautiful and gentle, and I'd probably have done about anything to be her at that age. The troupe were from a coastal tribe, maybe they were travelling Haida, but I can't recall. Also, my family spent a fair amount of time on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation when I was little. Later I learned that my mother's family is part Cherokee. I have a pretty strong affinity for the lore and customs (what little I know), which is so incredibly diverse from group to group. When I was a kid in Portland, you saw Indians around the city all the time admittedly many were drunks). Nowadays it's quite a rarity. I don't know why they are gone or where they went, but I think it's the city's loss.
I just googled Patty Fawn - they were Lelooska indians. The internet is amazing.
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