From this they knew that the person was wakan, holy.Īt first they could make out only a small moving speck and had to squint to see that it was a human form. Halfway up, they saw something coming toward them from far off, but the figure was floating instead of walking. Seeing a high hill, they decided to climb it in order to look over the whole country. They searched everywhere but could find nothing. Early one morning the chief sent two of his young men to hunt for game. Every day they sent scouts to look for game, but the scouts found nothing, and the people were starving.Īmong the bands assembled were the Itazipcho, the Without-Bows, who had their own camp circle under their chief, Standing Hollow Horn. One summer, long ago, the seven sacred council fires of the Lakota Oyate, the nation, came together and camped. To the Native Americans the birth of a white buffalo is a symbol of rebirth and world harmony.
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