— white robe and, 27
Hides, 32
— hunting for, 78-80
— tanning, 30, 42, 76, 78
— white, 96
Homestead Act (1862), 43
Hornaday, William T., 86
— on colors, 84-85
— on wild buffalo, 97
Horses, hunting with, 41-42
Hunting, 43, 75, 76
— described, 34–39, 41-43
— for hides, 78-80
Indian problem, 44–45, 79, 80
Iniskim, 39
Internet, Miracle on, 131
Inter-Tribal Bison Cooperative, 47
— NBA and, 119
Jerry (Val's father), 6, 125, 128, 129
James, Edwin, 85
— stories by, 125-26
Jones, C.J. "Buffalo," 101
— cattalo and, 87, 100
— crossbreeding and, 102
Jones, Colonel, 87-88
Jones-Miller bison kill site, 39, 40
Jonjak, Pauclass="underline" bison ranching and, 109-10
Juarez bullring: buffalo-bull fight at, 104, 105
Keeper of the Sacred Pipe, 54
Kills Two, winter count robe and, 28
Kills White Buffalo, 66
Kiowa, buffalo origin myth and, 15
Kurz, Rudolph Friederich: on white buffalo robe, 27
Lakota
— Heiders and, 135
— white buffalo and, 15, 52–53 66-67, 93
Lame Deer, Archie: white buffalo myth and, 16
Lascaux, paintings at, 36
Long, Stephen, 85
Looking Horse, Arval, 138, 139
— on white buffalo, 54-59
Looks For Buffalo. See Hand, Floyd
Lucky Knight, 102
Mandans
— buffalo origin myth and, 15
— white buffalo and, 20, 22–23, 24-26
Marvin (bull), 8–9, 134
— death of, 12–13, 90, 126
— replacement for, 126
Maximilian, Alexander Phillip, 23
Medicine bags, 123
Medicine bundles, 22, 61, 62
Mexican fighting bull, bison and, 104-5
Michelson, Truman, 22
Miracle, 3, 8, 58, 92, Color Plates 5-8
— birth of, 52, 55, 70
— color changes for, 65–66, 68, 128-29, 136-37
— gifts for, 122-24, 126, 127, Color Plate 13
— half-sister of, 65, 90
— impact of, 48–49, 56, 131
— keeping, 13–14, 133-34
— naming, 4
— souvenirs of, 122
— spiritual power of, 124, 125-26, 134, 135-36, 137-38
— symbolism of, 58–59, 119, 126-27
— visitors for, 5–6, 10–11, 121, 122-23, 129, 133, 134, 135-36, 139
— See also White buffalo
Miracle web site, 131
Money, bison on, 98
Museum of the American Indian, Bodmer at, 24
National Bison Association (NBA)
— ABA merger with, 119
— seal of, 109
National Bison Range, 91, 98
National Public Radio, 10
National Western Stock Show, buffalo at, 94
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 47
New West, 113, 114, 118, 119, 120
— buffalo and, 111, 139
North American Bison Registry, bloodlines and, 95
Nugent, Ted, 13, 130
Ogallala aquifer, siphoning off of, 115
Oglala, 67
Overgrazing, problems with, 115
Pablo, Michel, 103
buffalo herd of, 102
Paintings, 36, 82-83
Paleolithic, 37-38
— pattern variations in, 82
Paleo-Indians
— bison kills by, 33
— hunting by, 34-36
— paintings by, 37-38
Parsons, Gerald, 94
partially white buffalo calves of, Color Plate 12
Paulson, Doug: bison of, 94
Pawnee, buffalo origin myth and, 15
Pawnee Bill, 101
Philip,James "Scotty," 119
— buffalo herd of, 104-6, 108
Pine Ridge Reservation, 47-48
— white buffalo at, 57, 58, 93
Pipes, 18, 54, 72, 83-84
Plains Indians
— adaptation by, 41-43
— ancestors of, 33
— horses for, 41
— hunting by, 34–36, 41-42
Poaching, problems with, 98
Pompadour, winter count robe and, 28
Popper, Deborah and Frank
— Buffalo Commons and, 116-18
— New West and, 113, 114
Pte San Win. See White Buffalo Woman
Pueblo, buffalo dance by, 22
Ranching
— decline in, 112
— minimum-impact, 108-9
— See also Bison ranching; Cattle ranching
Red Cloud, 43
Religion, misunderstanding, 51
Reservations, 44, 45
— bison on, 119
— economic development on, 47-48
Robes, 75, 76, 100
— white buffalo, 26, 27, 30
— winter count, 27–28, 29
Rocky Mountain News,
— on white buffalo killing, 85
Sacred blanket, 63-64
Sacred pipe (chanunpa),18, 54, 72
Sekich, Karen, vii-viii
Shamans, 38-39
— buffalo calling by, 41
Sheridan, Philip: on hide hunters, 79-80
Shirek, Dan: white buffalo and, 92-93
Shoshone
— white buffalo and, 59, 63–64, 65
— White Buffalo Woman and, 60
Sioux, 21
— buffalo origin myth and, 15
Skulls, 18, 77
spiritual powers and, 62-63
Soap, buffalo fat, 100
Spirituality, viii, 137-38
— diversity of, 52
— identity and, 53
— misunderstanding, 51, 69
Stamps, bison on, 98
Standing Cloud, white buffalo robe and, 30
Stanford, Dennis, 40
— Jones-Miller site and, 39
Sun Dance, 2, 59, 60, 63
— colors of, 65-66
— outlawing, 45
— white buffalo and, 64
Surround technique, 35-36
Swift Bear, 30
— winter count robe and, 28
Tanka Wasla Najin, Buffalo Calf Woman and, 54
Tanning, 30, 42, 76, 78
Tarnesse, John and Virgene: on white buffalo, 59-66
Three Brothers cave, bison-man figure from, 37
Tongue, popularity of, 78
Tools, buffalo, 32
Turner, Ted, 130
Turtle Island, 56
Unsolved Mysteries, 125, 128
Urban expansion, 111
Vickie (Val's sister), 5, 7
Virgin Mary
— return of, 69
— white buffalo and, 67, 69, 70, 71
Visitors, 5–6, 10–11, 121, 134, 135-36
— dealing with, 2, 7–8, 122-23, 127, 129-31,133, 139
— number of, 130-31
Wakan Tanka. See Great Spirit
Web sites, Miracle, 131
White buffalo, 3, 92
— biological significance of, 86-87
— ceremonies associated with, 60
— crossbreeding and, 89-90
— dreams about, 56
— early, 82, 85
— events relating to, 27
— killing, 85, 86, 87, 91
— rarity of, 73, 96
— sacredness of, vii, x, 30, 52, 58, 64, 88, 136
— sacrificing, 20–21, 58, 61–62, 85
— spiritual powers of, 11, 61, 62, 64, 85, 138, 139
— symbolism of, 48, 58–59, 70–71, 119
— See also Miracle
White buffalo calf pipe, 54
White Buffalo Festival, 21
White Buffalo medicine bundle, 61
White Buffalo Society, 23, 24
— Heiders and, 135
White Buffalo web site, 131