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Animals and Prophecy In many prophecies, the birth of rare animals represents a rebirth for humanity , the sacred animals being harbingers of peace, as foretold by the ancients. White Buffalo - White Buf falo Calf Woman

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Animals and Prophecy

In many prophecies, the birth of rare animals represents a rebirth for humanity,the sacred animals being harbingers of peace, as foretold by the ancients.

White Buffalo - White Buffalo Calf Woman

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 North Dakota: White buffalo may herald hope and peace Grand Forks Herald - June 8,2008

One white bison calf is rare, but now Jamestown's bison herd had two. The herd`salbino female, White Cloud, gave birth last summer to a calf that`s been namedDakota Miracle. Over the weekend, the staff at the National Buffalo Museumfound another white calf, born to a brown female in the herd. The new calf appears to be an albino, but it's not yet known whether it's a male or female.

White Buffalo Born in 2006

Third rare white buffalo born on Wis. farm - Reuters - September 14, 2006

Milwalkee: A farm in Wisconsin is quickly becoming hallowed ground for American Indians with the birth of its third white buffalo, an animal consideredsacred by many tribes for its potential to bring good fortune and peace. Thousandsof people stopped by Dave Heider's Janesville farm after the birth of the firstwhite buffalo, a female named Miracle who died in 2004 at the age of 10. The

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second was born in 1996 but died after three days. Heider said he discovered thethird white buffalo, a newborn male, after a storm in late August. Over theweekend, about 50 American Indians held a drum ceremony to honor the calf,which has yet to be named, he said.

Floyd "Looks for Buffalo" Hand, a medicine man in the Oglala Sioux Tribe inPine Ridge, S.D., said it was fate that the white buffaloes chose one farm, whichwill likely become a focal point for visitors, who make offerings such as tobaccoand dream catchers in the hopes of earning good fortune and peace. The white buffalo is particularly sacred to the Cheyenne, Sioux and other nomadic tribes of the Northern Plains that once relied on the buffalo for subsistence.

According to a version of the legend, a white buffalo, disguised as a womanwearing white hides, appeared to two men. One treated her with respect, and theother didn't. She turned the disrespectful man into a pile of bones, and gave therespectful one a pipe and taught his people rituals and music. She transformed

into a female white buffalo calf and promised to return again.

That this latest birth is a male doesn't make it any less significant in AmericanIndian prophecies, which say that such an animal will reunite all the races of manand restore balance to the world, Hand said. He said the buffalo's coat will changefrom white to black, red and yellow, the colors of the various races of man, beforeturning brown again.

The birth of a white male buffalo means men need to take responsibility for their families and the future of the tribe, Hand said.The odds of a white buffalo are atleast 1 in a million, said Jim Matheson, assistant director of the National Bison

Association. Buffalo in general have been rare for years, thought their numbersare increasing, with some 250,000 now in the U.S., he said. Many people, likeHeider, choose to raise the animals for their meat, which is considered a healthier,low-fat alternative to beef. Gary Adamson, 65, of Elkhorn, who is of Choctaw andCherokee heritage, said tribal elders will help interpret the animal's significance.

Baby buffalo believed to be good luck charm - NBC - May 10, 2006

Evergreen: It's the first white buffalo calf ever born on the ranch, which doublesas a wild game preserve. Out of 50 head, the ranch now has three white buffalos.

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Some Native American tribes believe the white buffalo is a sign of good things tocome. The ranch purchased two white Buffalo cows from the White Elk Ranch inGunnison last March. White buffalos can fetch up to 10 times the average price of the more common brown buffalo. The calf's father died last winter making this baby buffalo the last generation to come from the prized bull. "It's been a tough

winter and it's a promise of a great summer with the calves being born, but notonly the calves but a white calf," says Ronald Lewis, with Big E Game Ranch.Lewis says he still hasn't been able to get close enough to the calf, but he feelscertain it's a bull, which is even more rare.

August 2006

June 8, 2005 - Kentucky: A second rare white buffalo born in 2005White calf named Cante Pejuta, or Medicine HeartHer mother, formerly 'cow No. 9,' is now Spirit Mother.

This white buffalo is unique as it links to 9/11.

When a rare white buffalo was born Friday at a buffalo ranch in Shelby County,owners Bob and Julie Allen thought the baby had prophecy written in her genes.The white calf, regarded as a sacred symbol by Lakota Sioux and other PlainsIndian tribes, is a granddaughter of the ranch's former big star, award-winning bull Chief Joseph, a hefty 3,000-pound sire that had cost the Allens $101,000.

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The bull was struck by lightning on Sept. 11, 2001, and died two weeks later. Sothe Allens, who own the Buffalo Crossing Restaurant & Family Fun Ranch, weredelighted by the calf's birth. "The appearance of a white buffalo is regarded bysome followers of American Indian spirituality as on par with the Christian ideaof the second coming of Christ," said Bob Pickering, a researcher at the Buffalo

Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyo.

As the story goes, Lakota Sioux rituals and beliefs were brought to the tribe by aspiritual being known as the White Buffalo Calf Woman, Pickering said. A white buffalo calf is interpreted as the sacred reincarnation of the woman, he said.Historically, the white buffalo is probably about the most spiritual being on the prairie," he said. Pickering estimated the incidence of white buffalo births at about16 per million.

He said there are three reasons white calves sometimes appear ... they may be:

o

albinoso the result of crossbreeding with white cows

o temporarily white and turn dark by their first winter 

"The calf is not an albino," said Julie Allen, noting that its eyes are brown, not pink. Flicking her ears and whisking her tail back and forth, the 40-to-50-poundcalf resembles a lamb. "In the past, Indians sacrificed white buffalo as sacredofferings, but now they avoid doing that," Pickering said.

Rare white bison born in B.C. - CBC News - May 25, 2005

Fort St. John - A buffalo rancher near Fort St. John in northeastern B.C. is bracingfor scores of visitors following the recent birth of a rare white calf. This is the firstwhite calf that was born in Canada. Aboriginal legend holds that the white bisonis a harbinger of peace and unity. And in that spirit, ranche owner, Blatz says shehas named the male calf Spirit of Peace. To them a white buffalo is a symbol of hope, rebirth or unity and also peace. And because he was born north of PeaceRiver.

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White bison born near Flagstaff - May 24, 2004 - AZ Republic

The owners of a small bison herd near Flagstaff were surprised Saturday morningto find one of their rare white buffaloes had given birth to something even rarer: awhite calf. "This is so rare specifically because she was born white," Davis said."The others were born red (like normal buffaloes) and turned white. The birth of a

white bison is meaningful for many Native American tribes, especially PlainsIndians such as the Lakota, who consider it a symbol of rebirth when the world's people are in troubled times. The white buffalo is such a phenomenon becausethey are so rare. None of her buffaloes is albino but rather a mutation of the usualfur color of dark brown to black. Of 11 bison on the ranch, four are white, notincluding the newborn. The animals on the ranch are also pure bison, proven byDNA testing at a California lab, she added, and not a mix of bison and cattle,known as beefalo. The ranch was moved onto its 5-acre site near the SanFrancisco Peaks in December 2001 and has had visitors from around the globe tosee white bison."

Spirit Mountain Ranch in Flagstaff, Arizona has successfully bred two generations of white buffalo starting from a single white female, all with brown fathers.

• Miracle Moon (female, born April 30, 1997)

• Rainbow Spirit (female, born June 8, 2000, calf of Miracle Moon)

• Mandela Peace Pilgrim (female, born July 18, 2001, calf of Miracle Moon)

• Arizona Spirit (male, born July 1, 2002, calf of Miracle Moon)

• Sunrise Spirit (female, born May 22, 2004, calf of Mandela Peace Pilgrim)

• Spirit Thunder (male, born May 27, 2004, calf of Rainbow Spirit)

• Chief Hiawatha (male, born May 16, 2005, calf of Miracle Moon)

White Buffalos in History

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In 1833, a white bison was killed by the Cheyenne. The skin of this bison is hanging onthe wall of Bent's Old Fort in Colorado. The Cheyenne killed this white bison during theLeonid Meteor Shower (The Night the Stars Fell) and scribed a peace and trade treaty onits skin. This event was documented by historian Josiah Gregg and other travelers on theSanta Fe Trail.

A bison named Big Medicine (1933-1959) was born in the wild on the National BisonRange on Montana's Flathead Indian Reservation, and is now displayed at the MontanaHistorical Society.

A female named Miracle (not Miracle Moon), was born at the family farm of Dave,Valerie, and Corey Heider near Janesville, Wisconsin on August 20, 1994. Her fur fullytransitioned to brown as she matured, and she gave birth to four calves of her own beforedying of natural causes on September 19, 2004. Sioux tribal members had continuallyvisited their farm since the birth of Miracle. Additionally, a calf born at the Heider farmdied aged 4 days in 1997. A third white calf was born in September 2006.

Miracle, The Sacred White BuffaloBorn August 20, 1994

Died September 19, 2004Heider Farm - Janesville, Wisconsin

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White Buffalo Wikipedia

White Buffalo Mythology

Egyptian Book of the Dead - Chapter 84

 And when she promised to return again, she made some prophesies at that time. One of those prophesies was that the birth of a white buffalo calf would be a sign that it would 

be near the time when she would return again to purify the world. 

This means the SHE will bring back harmony again and balance, spiritually. WhiteBuffalo links with the return of White Buffalo Calf women or the return of the feminineenergies, rebirth and creation, Hathor (cow goddess), solar discs, and horns and cones. 

A white buffalo called Ma-hi-ya-sqa was born in 1996 on a farm in North Dakota, not far from to where I traveled to attend the first Star Knowledge Conference and Sun Dancefestivals in South Dakota in June 1996. White symbolizes moving into higher frequencyof light and consciousness.

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Legend of White Buffalo Calf Woman

To the Native Americans the birth of a white buffalo is a symbol of rebirth and worldharmony

One summer, long ago, the seven sacred council fires of the Lakota Oyate, the nation,came together and camped. Every day they sent scouts to look for game, but the scoutsfound nothing, and the people were starving.

Among the bands assembled were the Itazipcho, the Without-Bows, who had their owncamp circle under their chief, Standing Hollow Horn. Early one morning the chief senttwo of his young men to hunt for game. They searched everywhere but could findnothing. Seeing a high hill, they decided to climb it in order to look over the wholecountry. Halfway up, they saw something coming toward them from far off, but the figurewas floating instead of walking. From this they knew that the person was wakan, holy.

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At first they could make out only a small moving speck and had to squint to see that itwas a human form. But as it came nearer, they realized that it was a beautiful youngwoman, more beautiful than any they had ever seen. She wore a wonderful white buckskin outfit, tanned until it shone a long way in the sun. It was embroidered withsacred and marvelous designs of porcupine quill, in radiant colors no ordinary woman

could have made. This wakan stranger was Ptesan-Wi, White Buffalo Calf Woman. In her hands she carried a large bundle and a fan of sage leaves. She wore her hair loose exceptfor a strand at the left side, which was tied up with buffalo fur. Her eyes shone dark andsparkling, with great power in them.

The two young men looked at her open-mouthed. One was overawed, but the other desired her and stretched his hand out to touch her. This woman was Lila wakan, verysacred, and could not be treated with disrespect. Lightning instantly struck the brashyoung man and burned him up, so that only a small heap of blackened bones was left.

To the other scout who had behaved rightly, the White Buffalo Calf Woman said: "Goodthings I am bringing, something holy to your nation. A message I carry for your peoplefrom the buffalo nation. Go back to the camp and tell the people to prepare for my arrival.Tell your chief to put up a medicine lodge with twenty-four poles. Let it be made holy for my coming."

This young hunter returned to the camp. He told the chief, and the people, what thesacred woman had commanded. So the people put up the big medicine tipi and waited.After four days they saw the White Buffalo Calf Woman approaching, carrying her  bundle before her. Her wonderful white buckskin dress shone from afar. The chief,Standing Hollow Horn, invited her to enter the medicine lodge. She went in and circledthe interior sunrise. The chief addressed her respectfully, saying: "Sister, we are glad youhave come to instruct us."

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She told him what she wanted done. In the center of the tipi they were to put up anowanka wakan, a sacred altar, made of red earth, with a buffalo skull and a three-stick rack for a holy thing she was bringing. They did what she directed, and she traced adesign with her finger on the smoothed earth of the altar. She showed them how to do allthis, then circled the lodge again sunwise. Halting before the chief, she now opened the

 bundle. The holy thing it contained was the chanunpa, the sacred pipe. She held it out tothe people and let them look at it. She was grasping the stem with her right hand and the bowl with her left, and thus the pipe has been held ever since.

Again the chief spoke, saying: "Sister, we are glad. We have had no meat for some time.All we can give you is water." They dipped some wacanga, sweet grass, into a skin bagof water and gave it to her, and to this day the people dip sweet grass or an eagle wing inwater and sprinkle it on a person to be purified.

The White Buffalo Calf Woman showed the people how to use the pipe. She filled it withchan-shasha, red willow-bark tobacco. She walked around the lodge four times after the

manner of Anpetu-Wi, the great sun. This represented the circle without end, the sacredhoop, the road of life. The woman placed a dry buffalo chip on the fire and lit the pipewith it. This was peta-owihankeshni, the fire without end, the flame to be passed on fromgeneration to generation.

She told them that the smoke rising from the bowl was Tunkashila's breath, the living breath of the great Grandfather Mystery.

The White Buffalo Calf Woman showed the people the right way to pray, the right wordsand the right gestures. She taught them how to sing the pipe-filling song and how to liftthe pipe up to the sky, toward Grandfather, and down toward Grandmother Earth, to Unci,

and then to the four directions of the universe.

"With this holy pipe," she said, "you will walk like a living prayer. With your feet restingupon the earth and the pipe stem reaching into the sky, your body forms a living bridge between the Sacred Beneath and the Sacred Above. Wakan Tanka smiles upon us, because now we are as one: earth, sky, all living things, the two-legged, the four-legged,the winged ones, the trees, the grasses.

Together with the people, they are all related, one family. The pipe holds them alltogether.

"Look at this bowl," said the White Buffalo Calf Woman. "Its stone represents the buffalo, but also the flesh and blood of the red man. The buffalo represents the universeand the four directions, because he stands on four legs, for the four ages of creation. The buffalo was put in the west by Wakan Tanka at the making of the world, to hold back thewaters.

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Every year he loses one hair, and in every one of the four ages he loses a leg. The sacredhoop will end when all the hair and legs of the great buffalo are gone, and the water comes back to cover Mother Earth.

The wooden stem of this chanunpa stands for all that grows on the Earth. Twelve feathers

hanging from where the stem - the backbone - joins the bowl - the skull - are fromWanblee Galeshka, the spotted eagle, the very sacred bird who is the Great Spirit'smessenger and the wisest of all flying ones.

You are joined to all things of the universe, for they all cry out to Tunkashila. Look at the bowl: engraved in it are seven circles of various sizes. They stand for the seven sacredceremonies you will practice with this pipe, and for the Oceti Shakowin, the seven sacredcampfires of our Lakota nation."

The White Buffalo Calf Woman then spoke to the women, telling them that it was thework of their hands and the fruit of their bodies which kept the people alive. "You are

from Mother Earth," she told them. "What you are doing is as great as what the warriorsdo."

And therefore the sacred pipe is also something that binds men and women together in acircle of love. It is the one holy object in the making of which both men and women havea hand.

The men carve the bowl and make the stem; the women decorate it with bands of colored porcupine quills. When a man takes a wife, they both hold the pipe at the same time andred trade cloth is wound around their hands, thus tying them together for life.

The White Buffalo Calf Woman also talked to the children, because they have anunderstanding beyond their years. She told them that what their fathers and mothers didwas for them, that their parents could remember being little once, and that they, thechildren, would grow up to have little ones of their own.

She told them: "You are the coming generation, that's why you are the most importantand precious ones. Some day you will hold this pipe and smoke it. Some day you will pray with it."

She spoke once more to all the people: "The pipe is alive; it is a red being showing you ared life and a red road. And this is the first ceremony for which you will use the pipe. You

will use it to keep the soul of a dead person, because through it you can talk to WakanTanka, the Great Mysterious. The day a human dies is always a sacred day. The day whenthe soul is released to the Great Spirit is another."

She spoke one last time to Standing Hollow Horn, the chief, saying, "Remember: this pipe is very sacred. Respect it and it will take you to the end of the road. The four ages of creation are in me. I will come to see you in every generation cycle. I shall come back toyou."

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The sacred woman then took leave of the people, saying: "Toksha ake wacinyanktin ktelo

-- I shall see you again."

The people saw her walking off in the same direction from which she had come, outlinedagainst the red ball of the setting sun. As she went, she stopped and rolled over four 

times. The first time, she turned into a black buffalo; the second into a brown one; thethird into a red one; and finally, the fourth time she rolled over, she turned into a white buffalo calf. A white buffalo is the most sacred living thing you could ever encounter.

The White Buffalo Calf Woman disappeared over the horizon. As soon as she hadvanished, buffalo in great herds appeared, allowing themselves to be killed so that the people might survive. And from that day on, our relations, the buffalo, furnished the people with everything they need -- meat for their food, skins for their clothes and tipi1s,and bones for their many tools.

Red Heifer in Judiasm

In Judaism, the red heifer (Hebrew parah adumah) is a heifer that is sacrificed and whoseashes are used for the ritual purification of people who came into contact with a corpse. Aheifer is a young cow before she has had her first calf.

In the Bible: According to Numbers 19:2: Speak unto the Children of Israel that they

bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke. The animals will not have hairs of any other color, it must be in perfect health, andit must never have been used to perform work. The cow is then brought to an altar built tothe east of the Temple Mount, where it is slaughtered and burned. Cedar wood, hyssop,and scarlet are added to the fire, and the remaining ash is placed in a vessel containing pure water. In order to purify a person who has become ritually contaminated by contactwith a corpse, water from the vessel is sprinkled on him, using a bunch of hyssop, on thethird and seventh day after the contamination took place (Numbers 19:19). The priestswho have performed the ritual then become impure themselves. Continued Wikipedia

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Red Heifer Born in Israel

March 2002 - a red heifer was born in Israel. The heifer's owner contacted theTemple Institute on Friday, April 5th, 2002. Rabbi Menachem Makover and RabbiChaim Richman traveled to the farm where the heifer lives to inspect and validateher status. The rabbis found her to be kosher and were satisfied that this heifer could indeed be a candidate to be used in the process of purification described inthe book of Numbers, chapter 19. This is a prerequisite for the rebuilding of theHoly Temple. Tradition records that a red heifer in our generation is a herald of 

the Messianic era. It is certainly an important development towards the rebuildingof the Holy Temple. Our sages taught that Israel's redemption can be compared tothe dawn. "In the beginning, it progresses very slowly...but as it continues, itgrows brighter and brighter."

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Other White Animals

Rare white killer whale spotted in Alaska MSNBC - March 7, 2008

The white killer whale spotted in Alaska's Aleutian Islands sent researchers andthe ship's crew scrambling for their cameras. The nearly mythic creature was realafter all. The whale was spotted last month while scientists aboard the Oscar Dyson, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research ship, wereconducting an acoustic survey of pollock near Steller sea lion haulout sites. It had been spotted once in the Aleutians years ago but had eluded researchers since,

even though they had seen many of the more classic black and white whales over the years.

Fearnbach said the white whale stood out. "When you first looked at it, it wasvery white," she said. Further observation showed that while the whale's saddlearea was white, other parts of its body had a subtle yellowish or brownish color. Itlikely is not a true albino given the coloration, said John Durban, a research biologist at NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Seattle. That's probably agood thing - true albinos usually don't live long and can have health problems.Durban said white killer whales have been spotted elsewhere in the area twice before: in 1993 in the northern Bering Sea around St. Lawrence Island and in

2001 near Adak in the central Aleutians. There have also been sightings along theRussian coast. While Alaska researchers have documented thousands of black andwhite killer whales in the Bering Sea and the Aleutians during summer surveys,this was something new and exciting, Durban said. "This is the first time we cameacross a white killer whale," he said. The scientists observed several pods over atwo-week period. The white whale was in a family group of 12 on a day when theseas were fairly rough. It was spotted about 2 miles off Kanaga Volcano on Feb.23.

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Albino Mountain Goat Spotted in Mila, Italy

This photo released by the Regione Autonoma Valle D\'Aosta, shows an albinomountain goat with its mother pictured Sunday, June 24, 2007, by Forest rangersin the Les Laures valley in the Val d'Aosta region, in the northwestern ItalianAlps. Rangers following up on reports of sightings by hikers snapped photos of the albino Capra ibex, also known as steinbock, climbing with its mother at analtitude of about 3,000 meters (10,000 feet). This is the only one ever documented, the only one ever seen, said Christian Chioso, a regional wildlife

official. He said albinism is rare in any species and has not been previouslydocumented among the Capra ibex, a type of wild mountain goat with largecurved horns that lives in craggy mountainous areas. Chioso estimated that theanimal is about a year old.

Story 2 - Milan, Italy (AP) - Forest rangers in the northern Italian Alps haveconfirmed for the first time the existence of an albino mountain goat and namedhim "Snowflake." Rangers took photos of the albino capra ibex climbing with itsmother Sunday at about 10,000 feet above the Les Laures valley in thenorthwestern Val d'Aosta region, said Christian Chioso, a regional wildlifeofficial. "This is the only one ever documented, the only one ever seen," Chioso

said by telephone on Monday. He said albinism is rare in any species and has not been previously documented among the capra ibex, a type of wild mountain goatwith large curved horns that lives in mountainous areas. Chioso estimated thealbino animal is about a year old. Hikers had been reporting seeing a white animalat higher elevations for months, and forest rangers have been keeping a lookout,Chioso said. The goat was seen near the boundaries of the Big Paradise NationalPark, which was established to protect the species. Chiaso said about 4,000 wildmountain goats populate the park.

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 Norway: White moose sparks debate Aftenposten - October 6, 2006

The striking sight of a white moose in the forests of Ostfold prompted a call for  protection as the hunting season nears, but experts insisted the animal be shot. Themoose hunting season starts on Thursday, and hunting parties in the Ostfold areawhere the rare albino moose has been sighted have asked that the animal be protected. Jon Arnemo, professor at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science(NVH), said that the albino moose was a rarity, though not a sensation.

It is estimated that there are about 450,000 moose in Scandinavia, of which abouta third are shot every year. There are usually reports of one white moose every

year. These animals are rarely very old. Their lack of pigmentation makes themmore exposed to predators like wolves and they often have inferior sight or hearing. It was not yet certain that the sighted moose was a genuine albino, with atotal lack of pigment and red eye, or a 'common' moose without pigmentation.

Discovery of a rare white Tree Hedgehog BBC - January 25, 2006

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Rare White Giraffe Photographed in Tanzia, Africa National Geographic - September 9,2005

Albino Persian Fallow Deer - Google