A white buffalo must be sacrificed in the Sun Dance. The buffalo loved their people as much as the Kiowas loved them.”Dunbar-Ortiz continued: “There was war between the buffalo and the white men. They could protect their people no longer.”The horrific history underscores the significance of recent efforts by the Blackfeet Nation in northern Montana to bring back the buffalo to their community. White settler attacks on the buffalo were in turn designed to annihilate and render extinct the Blackfeet people—like other native groups. Once the buffalo were brought back, Blackfeet cowboys were employed to corral the herd and teach them new habits.

Source: Huffington Post December 03, 2025 16:14 UTC