A Local Tragedy . . .

indianasmith · May 05, 2012, 11:57:08 PM

http://now.msn.com/now/0505-white-buffalo-poached.aspx

I remember when this calf was born last summer - over 1000 Native Americans gathered to welcome it into the world and perform a Sioux naming ceremony. It was a source of great local pride. Now it's dead because of some trigger happy idiot. They shot its mother too. I am torn between being sick with the sadness of it all, and wanting to take a chainsaw to the idiot who did it!

Newt · May 06, 2012, 02:12:03 AM

Sickening and inexcusable. There are horrible, nasty, selfish people out there.

I have seen white buffalo. There seem to be quite a few of them around, which seems odd if they are supposed to occur only once in ten million births. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_buffalo So perhaps on the spiritual side of things, all is not lost?

indianasmith · May 06, 2012, 07:41:49 AM

The "one in ten million" is an obvious exaggeration, but the beast was still important to them . . .

bob · May 06, 2012, 09:20:35 AM

Leah · May 06, 2012, 09:00:30 PM

the hell, man!

What was your damn purpose, to p**s off people?

Trevor · May 07, 2012, 03:25:52 AM

Quote from: indianasmith on May 05, 2012, 11:57:08 PM
http://now.msn.com/now/0505-white-buffalo-poached.aspx

I remember when this calf was born last summer - over 1000 Native Americans gathered to welcome it into the world and perform a Sioux naming ceremony. It was a source of great local pride. Now it's dead because of some trigger happy idiot. They shot its mother too. I am torn between being sick with the sadness of it all, and wanting to take a chainsaw to the idiot who did it!

I remember seeing this on Fox News last year: the farmer Arby Little Soldier really pulled out all the stops for the calf that day and to have it all end like this is way beyond sad.

tracy · May 07, 2012, 03:09:42 PM

Some people simply have no respect or feelings.

Flangepart · May 16, 2012, 05:17:47 PM

Indeed. Totally, totally selfish.

FatFreddysCat · May 16, 2012, 05:30:52 PM

Dang. Human beings really suck. :(

indianasmith · May 16, 2012, 11:22:25 PM

Last weekend Arby Little Soldier, the rancher who owned White Medicine Cloud, went ahead and hosted the pow-wow that was originally intended to celebrate the white buffalo's first birthday. They went ahead with the celebration the first day, and a memorial the second. But at the end, Little Soldier shared a great announcement: a Native American rancher in Wyoming is sending his own white buffalo bull, a seven year old, to Little Soldier's ranch for an extended visit. Arby told the crowd of 1200 Native Americans: "He is coming here to make babies!"

I hope they have white buffalo twins!

alandhopewell · May 21, 2012, 02:23:04 PM

If they catch the jerk, can we turn him over to the Amerindians?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYA1Guv4xeQ