May 12, 2011, Arby Little Soldier, owner of the Lakota Buffalo Ranch in east Texas discovered that one of his buffalo cows (dams) had given birth to a genuine white buffalo calf. A few months later during a celebration drawing over 2,000 admirers, the calf was named Lightning Medicine Cloud. The white calf represented the return of White Buffalo Woman and her promise to bring hope and help to the people. Arby Little Soldier announced, “The spiritual message behind this b

When a white buffalo was born before 1830, it was born in the wild, a gift from White Buffalo Woman as a sacred reminder of her promise to return to help the people. The calf was sacred and a gift to all of the people. Today, the closest thing to a wild buffalo is found in National Parks like Yellowstone. When a white buffalo calf is born in captivity it can bring great notoriety to the owner but can also bring great tragedy. Take the case of “Lightning Medicine Cloud” bo

The White Buffalo has been the most sacred living thing to the Plains Indians for over 2,000 years. It symbolizes the promised return of White Buffalo Woman (see White Buffalo, Part 1: The Legend). The white buffalo calf brings the promise of great blessings to those who respect and adopt the ways taught by White Buffalo Woman. But, the calf can also bring a curse to those who ignore the signs and make the wrong choices. When the West was first explored by the white man, i

The fantastic author, Margaret Coel, has a new book out titled “Night of the White Buffalo“. In the book, a white buffalo calf is born on a white couple’s ranch in the middle of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Just the idea prompted many thoughts and questions, so here are the results of my research on the subject. According to the National Bison Association, the odds of a white buffalo birth is one in ten million. But there are different ways a buffalo can be born