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White Buffalo Calf Woman (Lakȟótiyapi: Ptesáŋwiŋ) or White Buffalo Maiden is a sacred woman of supernatural origin, central to the Lakota religion as the primary cultural prophet. Oral traditions relate that she brought the "Seven Sacred Rites" to the Lakota people .
The white buffalo is a sacred sign in Lakota and other Plains Indians religions. Chief Arvol Looking Horse is the current keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe. The story of the pipe is that, "Nineteen generations ago the beautiful spirit we now refer to as White Buffalo Calf Woman brought the Sacred C’anupa (Sacred Pipe) to our People.
The most important for the Lakota is the Buffalo Calf Pipe or Ptehícala Čhanúpa. [204] This is the community's "most sacred possession," described as "the very soul of their religious life". [205] In Lakota tradition, the Calf Pipe was given to the Lakota by White Buffalo Woman. [206]
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.
Lakota legend says about 2,000 years ago — when nothing was good, food was running out and bison were disappearing — White Buffalo Calf Woman appeared, presented a bowl pipe and a bundle to a ...
The white buffalo calf's June arrival in Yellowstone National Park signaled, under tribal lore, both a blessing and a warning to the world.
A similar white buffalo calf was born in Wisconsin in 1994 and was named Miracle, he said. Troy Heinert, the executive director of the South Dakota-based InterTribal Buffalo Council, said the calf in Braaten's photos looks like a true white buffalo because it has a black nose, black hooves and dark eyes.
Lakota tradition has it that White Buffalo Calf Woman brought the chanunpa to the people, as one of the Seven Sacred Rites, to serve as a sacred bridge between this world and Wakan Tanka, the "Great Mystery". [1] [2] The chanunpa is one means of conveying prayers to the Creator and the other sacred beings. The various parts of the pipe have ...