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Air
& Escape by Judy Larson
Air, particularly in the form of wind,
can spook even a savvy horse more than any other element. The wind
provides protection to the wild horse, carrying smells of danger,
and giving it time to escape to safety. The white buffalo also depends
on this same protective power which the air provides. In the world
of the Plains Indians, the white buffalo was revered and especially
sacred. Deemed the most acceptable gift that could be obtained to
offer to the Great Spirit, this rarest specimen of all buffalo,
when encountered, was always killed for sacrifice. Ceremony and
ritual accompanied the taking of a white buffalo. Although different
tribes used the skin in various ways, all of them prized the white
buffalo for its powerful spirituality. Today, when a white buffalo
calf is born, it is visited by Native Americans and acknowledged
as a symbol of the return to the old ways. It is a sign of answered
prayers and that people are coming back to religion and spirituality.
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