The birth of a white buffalo is a sacred event for the Lakota people and other Native Americans. Lakota legend says about 2,000 years ago — when nothing was good, food was running out and bison ...

White buffalo — also known as bison — are held sacred by many Native Americans who greeted news of the birth of one in Yellowstone as an auspicious sign. It all began when Kalispell ...

Native Americans Saw Buffalo as More Than Just Food The relationship between some Native American tribes and the American buffalo was a sacred one. Not only did it provide the former with food ...

talks about the West before white settlement, the impact of the railroad on Native American life, and the near-extinction of the American buffalo. The world of Plains Indians and of other American ...

Standing at the edge of a bluff overlooking the Lamar River in Yellowstone National Park, TJ Ammond stared through binoculars at hundreds of buffalo dotting the verdant valley below.