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.

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 ...

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