Author: CROWL, CHRISTINE
Title: White Buffalo Woman an Indian Legend
Description: Chamberlain, SD: Tipi Press, 1991. Paperback. ISBN: 1877976105. American Heritage Series Series; Color Illustrations; 8.5 x 11 inches ; Unpaginated pages; Soft cover is stapled wraps. Light rubbing to covers. Pages are clean and tight. Pages not numbered; 19 pages. Beautifully illustrated with brightly colored pictures. White Buffalo Calf Woman (Lakota: Pte Ska Win / Pteskawin / Ptesanwi) is a sacred woman of supernatural origin, central to the Lakota religion as the primary cultural prophet. Oral traditions relate that she brought the "Seven Sacred Rites" to the Lakota people. Buffalo are considered sacred to many of the Plains nations, who often consider them linked to creation, medicine and bringers of sacred messages from the ancestors.. Near Fine .

Keywords: 1877976105 Reference; Folk Tales; Legends; Native American Culture; Native American Tribes; Lakota Indians; Plains Indians; Folklore; Religion; Native American History Women/Womens' History Cultural History Animals Education Geography Fairy Tales/Folk Lor