Well, I am now on a mission. It seems that my guides are directing my articles – the issue in this month’s Indigo Sun is very close to my heart as I have a close connection to White Calf Buffalo Woman – I had a vision last Thursday while driving. A white owl flew to my windshield, looked me in my eyes, and flew off. That night before falling asleep the room filled with the sound of shamans drumming and chanting. Then I saw myself soaring with the eagles. I hope you will feel as passionately as I do about the plight of the American buffalo.

We are beings of light, and as we combine our attention, there is no darkness! Last month we stopped the Navy from the destruction of whales and porpoises off Hawaii as over 900,000 people joined together worldwide. By voicing our opinions as one we showed how much power light workers have to change the world in which we live.

When a white buffalo calf was born several years ago, we all cheered with excitement for, according to the Lakota Sioux teachings, this is a sign of peace on earth. At Yellowstone National Park, four white buffalo calves were recently born. Chances are these four white calves will be shot and killed by Montana state police unless there is direct intervention on our part. This is because of brucellosis, a disease in cattle that can cause spontaneous abortion. It is transmitted by mosquito bites, and only when the blood is wet on its stinger can another animal be infected.

I grew up on a cattle ranch and can remember the first time our herd was checked for brucellosis; some of our finest animals were killed, but it did not stop the brucellosis. Now the buffalo which roam free in our country are being annihilated under the guise of this disease, even though vaccination is available to prevent brucellosis infections. Buffalo as well as elk, deer, and all wild animals can carry brucellosis, but there is no proof of this disease ever being transmitted by buffalo to cattle. Rather than battling against brucellosis, there is a range war over cheap grazing lands and the right to life for the American buffalo. Saving the buffalo from annihilation is not as clear a battle as light workers waged against the Navy on behalf of the whales and dolphins. This battle involves many other groups, including ranchers, veterinarians, the "Church Universal and Triumphant," whose use of the land is for cattle grazing, American Indians, and our government with all of their departments and red tape.

White Calf Buffalo Woman is a spirit guide of the Native Americans. She gave the peace pipe and its ceremony as a gift for healing and wisdom. Her legend has been passed down for generations, and it is she who stands by my side, urging me to take action, raising awareness of the plight of the America buffalo around the world. It is hard to believe that the same bureaucratic practices that "won" the west are still occurring as we sit in our cities. How can we as a civilized people sit by and allow this slaughter to occur? We light workers are siding with the Native Americans and the freedom of the buffalo to roam on federal land, our land.
The State of Montana has recently begun the slaughter again! Death count fact: on January 21 five bulls were taken to slaughter. The Montana Department of Livestock (DOL) baited nine bison with hay and trapped them in the capture facility. All nine were bulls. Five of the bulls were sent to slaughter. Another death count fact: on January 29, three calves and three moms were shot. At daybreak in the fog the DOL continued its violent slaughter of the West Yellowstone Bison by driving in on snowmobiles, shooting a group of three calves and their mothers on Horse Butte. Two of the females were radio-collared by Yellowstone wildlife biologists for migration pattern research. These buffalo had roamed Horse Butte for the last two months. A young boy watched the early morning scene through streaming tears. His only comment was, "They’re just dragging them around with snowmobiles." A 17-year-old volunteer from New Hampshire was arrested and charged with obstruction when he tried to protect the female bison and their calves by placing himself between them and the Department of Livestock’s guns. Buffalo Nations’ co-founder Mike Mease was arrested when he attempted to videotape the slaughter and trying to document the disposal of the carcasses at the city dump. The DOL claimed they were turning the carcasses over to Native Americans. He was released April 13.

Here is yet another death count fact: The DOL has been killing the buffalo for 10 years. Just last year this same fear of brucellosis was used to validate the slaughter of over 1,000 buffalo. After last year’s slaughter, there are fewer than 1,000 wild buffalo left in the lower 48 states.

The Governor of Montana recently announced, "The state of Montana will implement a fair chase hunt to assist in the management of bison on public lands outside the park in the Eagle Creek area. Additional limited hunting will also be considered on public lands in the West Yellowstone area."

Do you wonder why the Native Americans have never been invited to discussions on the management of the buffalo, even though the Park recognizes 10 tribes as having rights in Yellowstone? Forty-four Native American tribes are willing to pay the bill to relocate live buffalo to their tribes, which would assist in restoring their cultures and economies. But our government refuses!Why?

It is our karmic duty and destiny to save these wonderful beings. I ask you to please contact your elected government representatives to request protection and safe passage for all the buffalo in Yellowstone as they are aken to Native Americans who will care for them.

Buffalo Nations is currently the only group working in the park. All donations to them ARE appreciated and are tax deductible. Any amount helps and will be used for front line activism on this issue! Send your donations to Buffalo Nations, P. O. Box 957, West Yellow-stone, MT 59758. They may be reached by telephone at 406-646-0070, by fax at 406-646-0071, and by email at buffalo@wildrockies.org. Others you may contact include Montana Department of Livestock, P.O. Box 202001, Helena, MT 59620, phone 800-523-3162 (Larry Peterson); Gov. Marc Raicot, State Capitol, Helena, MT 59620, phone 406-444-3111 or 1-800-332-2272, email momholt-mason@mt.gov. Governor Raicot is the only publicly elected official who can veto a proposed action by the Department of Livestock.