Talk:White buffalo

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Contents 1 NOTE TO ADMINISTRATORS Spirit Mountain Ranch Vandalism, Commercial Advertisement and POV 2 "I was just writing to inform you" 3 rewrite 4 See a male white buffalo at Royal Gorge Bridge 5 Additional White Buffalo

[edit] NOTE TO ADMINISTRATORS Spirit Mountain Ranch Vandalism, Commercial Advertisement and POV

Someone (most likely these people from Spirit Mountain Ranch) have been vandalizing Ma-hi-ya-sqa and placing advertising, WP:POV WP:V and other content which fails and is not in compliance with factual writing. Please monitor this article and **BLOCK** these people from putting advertising banners and disrepecting Native beliefs. Being born an "Albino" is not a birth defect any more than being born a Negro or Indian is a "birth defect". These people are simply using Wikipedia for adverstisement and reverting edits, posting POV, and vandalizing other pages about other White Buffulo considered sacred. Please monitor this article. 67.177.11.129 06:19, 26 January 2006 (UTC

[edit] "I was just writing to inform you"

Good call on the move, I wasn't sure what to do with that. Jordanmills 13:27, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] rewrite

I think the first paragraph had the description backwards; I think a non-albino white buffalo is born white and turns brown later; that's what the description of the buffalo named Miracle further down in the article says. I've done a substantial rewrite, putting the known white buffalo into chronological order (with the spirit mountain herd lumped together).

I don't know if the spirit mountain bison are albinos; they claim they are not beefalo; is there some condition besides albinism that could cause a buffalo to be born white and stay white throughout its life? I also don't know the cause of the coloration for the Tupelo and Buffalo Crossing (Kentucky) critters. Akb4 07:35, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] See a male white buffalo at Royal Gorge Bridge

The small zoo at Royal Gorge Bridge just outside of Cañon City, Colorado has a male white buffalo (not an albino). I'm a bit confused by some of the claims about the rarity of the "white buffalo". I spoke to a native American (First American) at his shop in Manitou Springs, CO and he explained to me that it is the female that is extremely rare while the male white buffalo is not that uncommon. Anyone care to explain the genetics involved in this phenomenon? (only facts please)

[edit] Additional White Buffalo

I just added another white buffalo to the list. I cited the source in the body of the edit, but I will also try to add it into the "external links". By the way, I looked at the gallery of white buffalo on the "Spirit Mountain" web page. The picture with the good frontal view clearly shows a black snout. That one is not albino. claimman75