![A white buffalo calf is a big deal
and it is said White Buffalo Woman
brought the pipe of peace to the Sioux
Relating that legend Black Elk says...
This they tell,
and whether it happened so or not I do not know;
but if you think about it, you can see that it is true
In years to come they may speak of the spring
when the white bluebonnet
brought goodness back to Texas and the USA](https://i0.wp.com/www.neilmeili.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/White-Bluebonnet-Blessing.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1)
White Bluebonnet Blessing
![A white buffalo calf is a big deal
and it is said White Buffalo Woman
brought the pipe of peace to the Sioux
Relating that legend Black Elk says...
This they tell,
and whether it happened so or not I do not know;
but if you think about it, you can see that it is true
In years to come they may speak of the spring
when the white bluebonnet
brought goodness back to Texas and the USA](https://i0.wp.com/www.neilmeili.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/White-Bluebonnet-Blessing.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1)
“Percept: Two Identities” Bronze sculpture by Debbie Gessner representing the phases of the moon and of life. The bronze looked at from one side shows a native man with the sun on his shoulder. The reverse side shows a man with the phases of the moon going through his hands as a necklace with each bead a different phase.
This poem references the experience of First Nations children who were systematically stripped of their culture and language in Canada’s residential schools. September 30th is set aside in the spirit of Truth and Reconciliation and marked by the wearing of orange shirts in memory of one young girl’s experience.
https://www.techlifetoday.ca/articles/2020/why-we-wear-orange-on-orange-shirt-day-nait
Aboriginal pictograph, Kakadu National Park, Arnhem Land, Australia