Title: The Legend of the White Buffalo Woman
Author: Paul Goble
Illustrator: Paul Goble
Type: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: 4th-12th
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Author: Paul Goble
Illustrator: Paul Goble
Type: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: 4th-12th
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Date of Publication: 1998
ISBN: 978-00792270744
Synopsis: This story is a retelling of a Lakota legend detailing how the Great Spirit gave the Lakota people the Sacred Calf Pipe so they could pray and commune with him. At the beginning of the story, the old world comes to an end, and a new nation is born. After wars and strife, the White Buffalo Woman appears with the gift of the Sacred Calf Pipe.
ISBN: 978-00792270744
Synopsis: This story is a retelling of a Lakota legend detailing how the Great Spirit gave the Lakota people the Sacred Calf Pipe so they could pray and commune with him. At the beginning of the story, the old world comes to an end, and a new nation is born. After wars and strife, the White Buffalo Woman appears with the gift of the Sacred Calf Pipe.
The last two pages of the book describe the pipe in detail, going into depth on the meaning of the symbols and ornaments that it is decorated with.
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