The Secret of the White Buffalo

by Carrie J. Taylor and C.J. Taylor

Book Overview

When the buffalo herds fail to appear one spring, a village in the Black Hills of South Dakota finds itself in turmoil: the people grow selfish and the elders lose their authority. But a beautiful woman comes, bearing a message. Only if the people learn to cooperate in the building of a great tipi, will she return with the first peace pipe and the rules of how it must be offered to the earth. Her message delivered, she returns to the hills and is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887763219
• ISBN13: 9780887763212
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.7" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

White Buffalo Calf Woman brings the Pipe to the Sioux

As a member of the Santee Sioux, I grew up with this story about White Buffalo Calf Woman. This is a central and integral story of the Dakota/Nakota/Lakota (called Sioux by Anglo-Americans)people. This is a theological story, a story of how the Dakota received the gift of the pipe and its meaning as a communion of the peoples, creation, and reality. This is a lovely re-telling of the story with wonderful illustrations. The themes of unity, thanksgiving, rightful living, and spiritual preperation are seen throughout this short story. Both children and adults will enjoy and value this book.