But that proclamation proved premature, as Mr. Brown — who is Buffalo’s first Black mayor and has served since 2006 — staged an unlikely write-in campaign during the general election.

Black Elk and other Catholics of his generation connected White Buffalo Woman to the Virgin Mary. This was not something initiated by the missionaries, but by the Lakota themselves.

America could end its cultural practice of anti-Black violence (and anti-Blackness more broadly) if it so chose. That will not happen because too many white people have decided, both actively and ...

Lakota legend says about 2,000 years ago — when nothing was good, food was running out and bison were disappearing — White Buffalo Calf Woman appeared, presented a bowl pipe and a bundle to a ...