“For me, it’s a sign, a good sign,” said Red Horse, an Ojibwa Indian who drove from Chicago to see the white buffalo. ‘Seeing it, I feel cleansed, purified. It gives me a new sense of purpose.

Indian visitors have performed rituals and hung ceremonial objects such as a dream catcher and a medicine wheel from a fence and a tree near where the Heiders’ 13 buffalo graze.

The odds of a white buffalo are at least 1 in a million, said Jim Matheson, assistant director of the National Bison Association. Buffalo in general have been rare for years, though their numbers ...

The buffalo are coming back and the white bison's here to represent the new age.' Whether or not Lighting Medicine Cloud is the third of his kind, or the first male in 150 years, was not verified.

The rare white buffalo calf, regarded as sacred by the Lakota Sioux, was honored with Native American prayers, religious songs and the […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now.

Lakota Buffalo Ranch owner Arby Little Soldier said he and his wife returned from out of town to find the calf, considered sacred by some in the Native American community, killed and skinned.

Native American leaders earlier this week held a ceremony to honor the sacred birth of the animal and give the name. Lakota members caution that the prophecy tied to the birth of the white buffalo ...

This photo provided by Jordan Creech shows a white buffalo calf born on June 4, 2024, in the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park, a spiritually significant event for many Native American tribes.

Native American leaders earlier this week held a ceremony to honor the sacred birth of the animal and give the name. Lakota members caution that the prophecy tied to the birth of the white buffalo ...