What does the bison symbolize to Native Americans?
Especially if it's a white bison.
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Well...currently, there are 574 recognized distinct Native American tribes in the U.S. (And note: this question is also relevant to tribes in Canada...)... *** My point is: probably to most of those tribes, the appearance of a white bison is not relevant. *** However: to some of those tribes it has important religious significance. I'm no expert, but I'm a sufficiently-interested amateur to know that it has important significance for the Lakota Sioux. More specifically: certain religion(s) followed by *some* of the Lakota Sioux. Which other religions and which other tribes? Frankly: I don't know.
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Jenny's Gone On Vacation Thanks for sharing! And note: any Native tribes from the US as categorized is what I'm asking. For example, I find a lot of interest in the Lakota people, so I will answer accordingly to how the Lakotas view the bison.
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I think all of the plains tribes revered the white buffalo as a mystical being sent to foretell renewal. There are so many tribes there that have this central reverence for the bison herds that sustained them for generations. Ponca, Osage, Otoe, Pawnee, Arikara, Mandan, Lakota, Dakota, and even the eastern Nakota, Cheyenne, and their allies the Arapahoe. Kiowa. Plains Apaches, Shoshone, Comanche, Tonkawa, Crow, Blackfoots, and many others, even including Navajos and pueblos from the desert southwest and Flatheads and Klamaths and Spokanes from the pacific north west. "The reason originates with the Lakota and relates to the story of Ptesan Wi', a beautiful woman who brought good tidings after a famine. In some versions of the story, she appeared as or transformed into a white bison, promising to return again. To this day, the birth of a white bison is a sign for many Native Americans that hard times have ended and good things are about to come". 9/6/24
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