❌

Normal view

There are new articles available, click to refresh the page.

Before yesterdayNBC News Top Stories

NBC News Top Stories
In a rare white buffalo calf, Indigenous tribes hear a 'loud and clear' warning
26 June 2024 at 16:10

In a rare white buffalo calf, Indigenous tribes hear a 'loud and clear' warning

NBC News Top Stories

By: Alicia Victoria Lozano and Steve Patterson

26 June 2024 at 16:10

The white buffalo calf's June arrival in Yellowstone National Park signaled, under tribal lore, both a blessing and a warning to the world.

Visitors at the naming ceremony for the white buffalo calf.

The young buffalo was presumably in the wilderness with its mother during the ceremony.

“It is the fulfillment of our prophecy,” said Chief Arvol Looking Horse.

Visitors listen to speakers at a naming ceremony Wednesday.

Photographer Jordan Creech.

Jordan Creech was among the first to see and photograph the white calf.

Develynn Hall and Ronald Appenay of the Shoshone-Bannock tribe at the ceremony Wednesday.

The birth of the white calf stunned not just tribal communities but also visitors to the national park.