A prophecy of the Lakota Indians tells us that at some point the white buffalo woman, a wakan, a wise woman with magic will restore with her power the union between all the children of Mother Earth. We also help restore our balance with nature, restore this much-abused legacy.
There is something really wonderful about all these Native American legends, no matter how old they are, no matter how long they have passed and the fact that we ourselves don’t have ethnic or cultural roots, these traditions always leave us lessons to think about. about.
For Native Americans, the birth of a white buffalo is a symbol of rebirth and global harmony.
The legend of the white buffalo woman is more than 2000 years old, this is a report of the Lakota Nation, one of the most important peoples of the so-called turtle islands in North America, we are not surprised to learn that in recent months this prophecy has been a source of hope for the Lakota, a desperate prayer.
For more than a year we learned about the Lakota access pipeline project, this construction is intended to transport oil from North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois, is a megastructure of more than 1800 kilometers that would traverse several indigenous reserves. cultural and environmental atrocity that put indigenous peoples and naturalistic groups themselves, such as Greenpeace, on a war footing.
After Barak Obama paralyzed the project at the end of his term, Donald Trump reactivated him, do the Indians continue their tireless struggle, hoping that at some point the prophecy of the white buffalo woman will come true?
One of the announcers of this wonderful legend is Joseph Chasing Horse, ambassador to the United Nations of the Lakota Sioux people, never misses the opportunity to tell this prophecy that acts as a channel of unity among many indigenous peoples.
This prophecy tells that the woman of the white buffalo appeared in our world more than 2000 years ago, it was during a period of great hunger, wars and disagreements between different peoples, the story begins with two young Lakota, two warriors walking with their skinny horses in search of something to hunt, when suddenly they saw on the horizon a female figure wrapped in a warm light , in a mist of fascinating flashes of light.
The woman was accompanied by a white buffalo. He was tall, thin and wore a dress with sacred embroidery, a feather in his hair and sage leaves in his hand, it was very beautiful, so much so that one of the young warriors did not hesitate to approach him with the desire to possess. However, before he could touch his skin, a dark cloud hovered over him, drawing lightning and burned in seconds.
The other young warrior immediately knelt in terror thinking he would be so lucky, yet the beautiful woman did not hesitate to caress her hair and speak her language, said she was a wakan, a woman who came to help them.
The holy woman was greeted with great anticipation in the village of Lakota, they prepared the best tent for her and, as she received it inside, the morning turned to dusk and a amber light with pink rays enveloped these lands where hunger and misery spread. Despite this, people tried to offer you the best: roots, insects, dried herbs and fresh water.
After that, the white buffalo woman taught the Lakota to smoke in a pipe, offered them free red willow tobacco and called them to the tents to honor the sun, to create a circle of strength with life and gratitude. Subsequently, he presented serie. de of spiritual practices, ways of venerating nature, praying in correct words, and pronouncing ancestral rites that the Lakota people had completely forgotten.
Despite this, he invited them to sing chants to brighten the Earth, melodies, verses and intonations that must be directed in the four directions of the universe, and recalled the importance of practicing the peace pipe ceremony, where men and women should attend. together to honor their souls, honor their own group and their union with the afterlife.
The white buffalo woman said goodbye to them, telling them that as long as they performed all these sacred ceremonies and cared for the Earth, they would protect them, before leaving she brought from the horizon a large herd of black buffaloes. so many that the mountains were covered in darkness and the ground trembled beneath their feet, the world pumped back a force upon the arrival of these animals representing the survival of the Amerindians.
When the Wakan woman disappeared, herds of buffalo appeared and, from that day on, the buffalo began providing meat for people, furs for their clothes and tents and bones for all their tools.
The holy woman left them saying: Toksha ake wacinyanktin ktelo (meaning in Portuguese?Will I see you again?). A message of hope that many Lakota still repeat today, dreaming of a return where this feminine presence manages to purify the world again, bringing harmony, balance and spirituality to all nations.