Photos: Intertribal ceremony honors white buffalo calf born in Yellowstone
The white buffalo calf recently born in Yellowstone National Park was honored by numerous Native American tribes on June 26 at an intertribal ceremony held outside West Yellowstone.
The calf was named Wakan Gli, by Chief Arvol Looking Horse, the 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe and Bundle. It translates to "the sacred has come home" also Sacred Return or Comes Holy.
Shoshone-Bannock tribal members Lee Juan Tyler Tendoy, left, Nelson Racehorse, center, and Ronald Todd Appenay play a war dance song during an intertribal ceremony honoring the white buffalo calf recently born in Yellowstone National Park at the Buffalo Field Campaign headquarters outside West Yellowstone on June 26.
Chief Arvol Looking Horse, the 19th generation keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe and Bundle, laughs during an intertribal ceremony honoring the white buffalo calf recently born in Yellowstone National Park at the Buffalo Field Campaign headquarters outside West Yellowstone on June 26.
Sage Trudell and Memorie White Mountain, both Lakota from the Cheyenne River Reservation of South Dakota, hug after the unveiling of a painting of Wakan Gli, the white buffalo calf recently born in Yellowstone National Park, during an intertribal ceremony honoring the calf at the Buffalo Field Campaign Headquarters outside West Yellowstone on June 26.
Shoshone-Bannock tribal chairman Lee Juan Tyler Tendoy looks up at the sky during an intertribal ceremony honoring the white buffalo calf recently born in Yellowstone National Park at the Buffalo Field Campaign headquarters outside West Yellowstone on June 26.
The point of a spear carried by Ronald Todd Appenay during an intertribal ceremony honoring the white buffalo calf recently born in Yellowstone National Park at the Buffalo Field Campaign headquarters outside West Yellowstone on June 26.
Roughly 500 people gather for an intertribal ceremony honoring the white buffalo calf recently born in Yellowstone National Park at the Buffalo Field Campaign headquarters outside West Yellowstone on June 26.
Ota BlueHorse stands at attention during an intertribal ceremony honoring the white buffalo calf recently born in Yellowstone National Park at the Buffalo Field Campaign headquarters outside West Yellowstone on June 26.
Roughly 500 people gather for an intertribal ceremony honoring the white buffalo calf recently born in Yellowstone National Park at the Buffalo Field Campaign headquarters outside West Yellowstone on June 26.
Roughly 500 people gather for an intertribal ceremony honoring the white buffalo calf recently born in Yellowstone National Park at the Buffalo Field Campaign headquarters outside West Yellowstone on June 26.
Roughly 500 people gather for an intertribal ceremony honoring the white buffalo calf recently born in Yellowstone National Park at the Buffalo Field Campaign headquarters outside West Yellowstone on June 26.
Roughly 500 people gather for an intertribal ceremony honoring the white buffalo calf recently born in Yellowstone National Park at the Buffalo Field Campaign headquarters outside West Yellowstone on June 26.
A white buffalo calf born in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park earlier this month is fulfilling Lakota prophecies that the earth needs help, according to representatives of the many tribes.
