The Secret of the White Buffalo
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Book Overview
When the buffalo herds fail to appear one spring, a village in the Black Hills of South Dakota finds itself in turmoil: the people grow selfish and the elders lose their authority. But a beautiful woman comes, bearing a message. Only if the people learn to cooperate in the building of a great tipi, will she return with the first peace pipe and the rules of how it must be offered to the earth. Her message delivered, she returns to the hills and is transformed into a white buffalo, which in turn becomes a grazing herd.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0887763219
ISBN13:9780887763212
Release Date:September 1993
Publisher:Tundra Books (NY)
Length:24 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 8.7" x 8.8"
Age Range:7 to 9 years
Grade Range:Grades 2 to 4
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White Buffalo Calf Woman brings the Pipe to the Sioux
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
As a member of the Santee Sioux, I grew up with this story about White Buffalo Calf Woman. This is a central and integral story of the Dakota/Nakota/Lakota (called Sioux by Anglo-Americans)people. This is a theological story, a story of how the Dakota received the gift of the pipe and its meaning as a communion of the peoples, creation, and reality. This is a lovely re-telling of the story with wonderful illustrations. The themes of unity, thanksgiving, rightful living, and spiritual preperation are seen throughout this short story. Both children and adults will enjoy and value this book.
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