Sacred_White

THE PROPHECY OF THE WHITE BUFFALO

WHITE BUFFALO CALF WOMAN

As White Buffalo Calf Woman was leaving,

she turned and told our people that she would return one day

for the sacred bundle....

by Joseph Chasing Horse

Traditional Leader of the Lakota Nation

We the Lakota people have a prophecy about the white buffalo calf, and how that prophecy originated was that we have a sacred bundle, a sacred peace pipe, that was brought to us about 2000 years ago by what we know as the White Buffalo Calf Woman.

The story goes that she appeared to two warriors at that time. These two warriors were out hunting buffalo, hunting for food in the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota, and they saw a big body coming toward them. And they saw that it was a white buffalo calf. As it came closer to them, it turned into a beautiful young Indian girl.

At that time, one of the warriors thought bad in his mind and so the young girl told him to step forward. And when he did step forward, a black cloud came over his body, and when the black cloud disappeared, the warrior who had bad thoughts was left with no flesh or blood on his bones. The other warrior kneeled and began to pray. And when he prayed, the white buffalo calf who was now an Indian girl told him to go back to his people and warn them that in four days she was going to bring a sacred bundle.

So the warrior did as he was told. He went back to his people and he gathered all the elders and all the leaders and all the people in a circle and told them what she had instructed him to do. And sure enough, just as she said she would, on the fourth day she came. They say a cloud came down from the sky, and off of the cloud stepped the white buffalo calf. As it rolled onto the earth, the calf stood up and became this beautiful young woman who was carrying the sacred bundle in her hand.

And as she entered into the circle of the nation, she sang a sacred song and took the sacred bundle to the people who were there to take of her. She spent four days among our people and taught them about the sacred bundle, the meaning of it. And she taught them seven sacred ceremonies: one of them was the sweat lodge, or the purification ceremony. One of them was the naming ceremony, child naming. The third was the healing ceremony. The fourth one was the making of relatives or the adoption ceremony. The fifth one was the marriage ceremony. The sixth one was the vision quest. And the seventh was the Sundance ceremony, the people's ceremony for all of the nation.

She brought us these seven sacred ceremonies and taught our people the songs and the traditional ways. And she instructed our people that as long as we performed these ceremonies we would always remain caretakers and guardians of sacred land. She told us that as long as we took care of it and respected it that our people would never die and would always live.

When she was done teaching all our people, she left the way she came. She went out of the circle, and as she was leaving she turned and told our people that she would return one day for the sacred bundle. And she left the sacred bundle, which we still have to this very day. And the sacred bundle is known as the White Buffalo Calf Pipe because it was brought by the White Buffalo Calf Woman. It is kept in a sacred place on the Cheyenne Indian reservation in South Dakota. It's kept by a man who is known as the keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Pipe, and his name is Arvol Looking Horse.

And when she 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. What she meant by that was that she would bring back harmony again and balance, spiritually.

Wahos'i (Messenger) shortly after birth.

The Legend of the White Buffalo

Is Spiritual Prophecy for World Peace

The prophecy calls for the white buffalo to change colors four times - with each color change representing the four colors of man. Eventually, the prophecy will be fulfilled by all races uniting when the buffalo turns white again. According to the legend, the earth has been divided into four islands representing the four sacred colors. The people of each island have been entrusted to care for a part of the four spirits:

The island of Africa was given to the black brothers, who were to care for the energy force, or our heart.

The island of Europe was given to the white brothers, who were to take care of the air.

The island of Asia was given to the yellow brothers, who were to take care of the water, life's blood.

The island of North America was given to the red men, who were to care for Mother Earth.

The white buffalo calf is a sign to begin the joining of the four islands, unifying the four sacred colors of the earth, and eventually bring global peace and unite all races by the year 2121.

THE COLOR CHANGES OF THE

WHITE BUFFALO

While born white, a white buffalo will change colors four times:

In the fall, the coat turns yellow.

In the winter, the coat is snowy white.

In the summer, the coat is a mousy brown/black.

The White Buffalo's coat turns red when it is shedding.

White buffalo have a white undercoating.

The legend says that to the North on the medicine wheel is found wisdom. The color for wisdom is white and

the medicine animal is the buffalo.

The birth of a White Buffalo is a fulfillment of Native American Prophecy.

CHRONOLOGY OF THE

SACRED WHITE BUFFALO

In May, 1933, the first Sacred White Buffalo was born in Montana. He was named "Big Medicine".

In May, 1937, "Little Medicine" was born.

Little Medicine was born blind. When he was six months old, he went to live in the National Zoo in Washington, where he died in 1947.

On August 7, 1991, Mahos'i, which means "Messenger", was born in Michigan.

August 20, 1994, another white buffalo was born in Wisconsin. She was named "Miracle".

Miracle died of natural causes on September 19, 2004 at the age of 10.

In the year after her birth, Miracle received about 2,000 visitors a day.

On May 9, 1996, Medicine Wheel was born at Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.

Medicine Wheel was tragically shot on March 24, 2000 by police, when he somehow escaped his pasture enclosure and was seen walking on the road.

On June 17, 1996, White Cloud was born in South Dakota.

On April 30, 1997, Miracle Moon was born in Wyoming at the edge of the Black Hills by Bear Butte and Devil's Tower.

April 30 is the birth date of Arvol Looking Horse, the current White Buffalo Calf Pipe keeper. The Pipe has been handed down through 19 generations.

When Miracle Moon was born, she was flipped 15 feet into the air by a young bull while she was still in her birth sack. Jim Riley, owner of Spirit Mountain Ranch, saved her life. They did not know she would be a white buffalo.

June 8, 2000, Rainbow Spirit was born in Wyoming where her mom, Miracle Moon was born.

June 8 is also the date of the passing of Stanley Looking Horse, father of Chief Arvol Looking Horse.

On July 18, 2001, Mandella Peace Pilgrim was born in South Dakota.

July 18 is Nelson Mandela's birth date, hence her name.

July 1, 2002, Arizona Spirit was born at Spirit Mountain Ranch.

May 22, 2004, Sunrise Spirit was born at Spirit Mountain Ranch.