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Honoring White Buffalo Calf Woman
Ceremony honoring the sacred being who brought the seven Lakota rites.
📅 August 9
✦ Why It Matters
White Buffalo Calf Woman is the most sacred figure in Lakota tradition — a divine being who gave the Lakota the seven sacred ceremonies and the Chanunpa (sacred pipe) approximately 2,000 years ago.
✦ How It Is Observed
Pipe ceremonies, teachings about the seven sacred rites, honoring of sacred pipes and bundles, prayers of gratitude, reflection on Lakota sacred law.
✦ Sacred Text
“With this sacred pipe you will walk upon the Earth; for the Earth is your Grandmother and Mother, and She is sacred.”
— Black Elk Speaks ↗