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Originally Posted by mudra
"The White Buffalo Woman"
This holy woman brought the sacred buffalo calf pipe to the Sioux. There could be no Indians without it. Before she came, people didn't know how to live. They knew nothing. The Buffalo Woman put her sacred mind into their minds. "
wiya tuwe anagopta
She Who Listens
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Thank you Mudra for including the link
I honor your journey
This story is very sacred to Native People. Manyl native people have
included these teachings although she first came to the Lakota people.
Native people who are given the responsibility of sharing our stories and
teachings must be taught by an Elder and go through often years of
preparation to share these teachings.
When searching for these teachings please note who the person
was and make sure to find our stories and teachings from those who
have been given the responsibility and prepared to share those
teachings.
When you read a story, do not quote just a line or two, the story
is alive. It is whole teaching. Listen to it with a deeper
part of yourself to the whole teaching. Listen to what the story is telling
you about yourself, what you are learning.
When you read the story, dont just read it, listen to it with your whole self
below from John Fire Lame Deer. Go to page two of this thread.
love and peace
day
John Fire Lame Deer
told this story in 1967
White Buffalo Woman Brings the First Pipe
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/arvol/lamedeer.html
John Fire Lame Deer was a Lakota Holy Man
He was given this story to share with the people
Now his son Archie carries on the spiritual work
as his father has returned to the spirit world.
It was the Medicine Crow Dog who made this comment: and here is the explaining paragraph
The Sioux are a warrior tribe, and one of their proverbs says, "Woman shall not walk before man." Yet White Buffalo Woman is the dominant figure of their most important legend. The medicine man Crow Dog explains, "This holy woman brought the sacred buffalo calf pipe to the Sioux. There could be no Indians without it. Before she came, people didnt know how to live. They knew nothing. The Buffalo Woman put her sacred mind into their minds." At the ritual of the sun dance one woman, usally a mature and universally respected member of the tribe, is given the honor of respresenting Buffalo Woman.