Reported Birth of Rare White Buffalo Cub in Yellowstone Park Fulfills Lakota Prophecy | National

HELEN, Mont. (AP) — The reported birth of a rare white buffalo in Yellowstone National Park fulfills a Lakota prophecy that portends better times. However, members of the Native American tribe warned that it was also a warning that more needed to be done to protect the land and its animals. Chief Arvol Looking Horse is the spiritual leader of the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota Oyate. He is also the 19th keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Woman Pipe and Bundle. He says that for the Lakota, the birth of a white buffalo with a black nose, eyes and hooves is akin to the second coming of Jesus Christ.

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