I have nine totem animals. The Buffalo is my South totem animal. The animal in the south protects the child within and reminds me when to be humble and when to trust, so that innocence will be balanced in my personality.  I have waited to post these photos of the buffalo I have met. I see buffalo in my dreams. I see buffalo in my life.

Rancho Luna
Pala Indian Reservation
Pala, California

Buffalo…

You bring us,

The gifts of life,

Hear our prayers,

Smoke rising,

Like Phoenix.

We are reborn,

Within the sacred words.

Buffalo was the major source of sustenance for the Plains Indians.  It gave meat for food, hides for clothing, warm and soft buffalo robes for long winters, and hooves for glue.  The medicine of Buffalo is prayer, gratitude and praise for that which has been received.  Buffalo medicine is also knowing that abundance is present when all relations are honored as sacred and when gratitude is expressed to every living part of creation.
– David Carson