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Rare white buffalo born at Yellowstone prompts Lakota Sioux celebration
« on: June 13, 2024, 12:00:35 am »
Rare white buffalo born at Yellowstone prompts Lakota Sioux celebration

The birth, not yet confirmed by park officials, holds special significance to tribe as ‘both a blessing and warning’

Oliver Milman  |  Wed 12 Jun 2024  |  09.52 EDT


A rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming on 4 June 2024. Photograph: Erin Braaten/Dancing Aspens Photography via AP

A rare white buffalo has been born in Yellowstone national park, with the arrival prompting local Lakota Sioux leaders to plan a special celebration, with the calf representing a sign of hope and the need to look after the planet.

The white calf was reportedly spotted shortly after its birth, on Tuesday last week, by park visitor Erin Braaten, a photographer. She took several shots of the wobbly baby after spotting it amongst a herd of buffalo in the north-eastern corner of the large park, located in Wyoming and a small slice of Montana.

“I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” Braaten told ABC News. “It was so surreal. I just knew it was something special and one of the coolest things I’ve ever photographed.”

Braaten and her family watched the calf and its mother for another half an hour before coming back on each of the following two days to look for the white calf, but with no further sighting.  .  .  .

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/12/white-buffalo-calf-yellowstone
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Re: Rare white buffalo born at Yellowstone prompts Lakota Sioux celebration
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2024, 12:01:57 am »
This calls for some Ted Nugent:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5UrMx_gmHU
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If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.     -Dwight Eisenhower-

"The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government."     -Ayn Rand-

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Re: Rare white buffalo born at Yellowstone prompts Lakota Sioux celebration
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2024, 05:14:28 pm »
There was a white buffalo born 35ish miles from me. I went to see it but the herd put it in the middle so I really couldn't see it.

Then a rival tribe killed it. Real old time West stuff.
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