Testimonials on the Hiawatha Big Medicine Blankets

We were asked by Pendleton to share some of the testimonials we have received about our white buffalo shed blankets. These blankets started out of a vision received by several people from our 7th white buffalo Hiawatha. We then began talking to different tribes and making sure we were doing this in a good way. We put a lot of thought and prayer into the design of the pattern. We then had an honored grandmother write the blessing for the blankets insert card. SWPA members pick up the hair. It is cleaned when necessary. We pray before, during, and after the making of these white buffalo shed blankets. We have received prayers and blessings from several nations during the making of these blankets. These are very special blankets because of the white buffalo shed, and also because of all the prayers that have been put into them. Pendleton Woolen Mills, through Paul Hait of Peace Partners, has made this same blanket pattern without the bison shed. It is selling through Pendleton’s retailers and catalog with a 1% royalty from the sales going to Peace Partners, and a 1% royalty going to the SWPA for the bison.
We are sorry for any confusion this may have caused. If you bought a non-shed blanket by mistake, you can return it to Pendleton. Pendleton has taken action on this to make sure that their offices and staff tell people when they make a purchase that this is not the blanket containing the white bison shed.

Blessings and my thanks for your understanding,

Cynthia
President of SWPA
Testimonials

 When Miracle Moon was born a truly wonderful prophecy was fulfilled. When the other white buffalo were born, the creators sign promised healing the hoops of all nations. These white buffalo were left to struggle for life and then lifted up and carried to Oregon to live in a place of plenty. Then 6 more white buffalo were born to confirm that the truth was told and shared with the world. It is up to all who believe that the sweat and the blood and the prayers of our ancestors will make manifest their dreams for us.
We need to support these buffalo and the people who are the spiritual as well as physical caretakers. The medicine blankets designed for the 100th anniversary of the Pendleton Company mark good years of embracing our people with warmth and Native design. Please add your support by buying the "Hiawatha Big Medicine Blanket" and provide a blessing for you and your family. Every tribe and two legged should help provide to sustain the life of this prophecy and bring blessings on MI taka Oilskin.
Blessings, on all our relations.
John Danner
United Nations Chairperson for Native American Communications

Hello Cynthia
Greetings from S.D. I have two testimonials to pass on as they have came to me.
1 - Chief Deputy Sheriff Tom Wilts of the Meade County Sheriff’s Dept. About 6 months ago his wife was told she had Cancer; he asked me for some Sacred White Buffalo Hair which I provided to them [thanks to you]. His wife went thru chemo and never lost a hair on her head. She is now Cancer free and she continues to wear it in her bag. They believe strongly in the healing powers of the hair on their body. The Doctors can’t explain what happened. Her Niece had a very rare blood disease that was killing her; we sent some hair to her. She has been wearing it also and her Doctors don’t understand it but the killing Disease has disappeared she still has a blood disease but not the killing one.

2—John Wayne’s Movie, the Cowboys. Al Barker who played singing Fats who is a very good friend of ours. He is part Indian and has gone thru the sweats and the whole gauntlet. I gave him and his wife both some for their pouch. They believe very strongly in the hair and the SACRED WHITE BUFFALO. Anyway they left my home going back to California Where he is a Sargeant on the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Dept. He received a call from Al; his Father was in the Hospital almost in a coma and asked I send him some to put on his father’s body as he was out in another world with drugs they
Had him on [Diabetic Coma 600+ Blood sugars]. He received the hair and immediately put it on his father’s body and shortly thereafter he came out of it and that afternoon he felt like his old self and wanted to go home. Al has him in convalescing home recuperating; he has taped some hair to the back of his wrist watch so it would be with him day and night.   

I have told both of these deputy Sheriffs if they believe the SACRED BUFFALO HAIR worked Miracles we need a donation to help feed the Buffalo. I love my big medicine blanket haven’t been in bed for over a week due to these 4 broken ribs. It is beautiful.  Derreld

"Five years ago I was told by my Peace Partner, Randy Prouty about 7 White Buffalo living outside of Flagstaff, AZ up at the base of SPIRIT MOUNTAIN.  I flew down to Phoenix and met Randy and we drove up to see these magnificent animals. After three days of discussions with the owners, Dena and Jim Reilly, it was clear the animals needed to be relocated to a lower elevation where the weather conditions, available running water, and feed sources were easier to live with and more available. After a lot of relocation difficulties in moving them to Oregon, the now 11 White Buffalo, plus our three new 2011 White babies, are now living in wonderful quarters in Bend, Oregon. In order to properly support these beautiful miracles, we needed to find a way to generate a reliable income source. I proposed that we take their annual shed and see if I could talk Pendleton Woolen Mills into manufacturing, out of their shed, what we now call HIAWATHA BIG MEDICINE BLANKETS'. Working closely with Pendleton's Production Manager and Art Director we came up with a blanket design that has been extremely well received. Since the animals cannot be sold for meat, it became clear that the Shed was the best way to support them, provided Pendleton would go along with the idea.  Fortunately they saw the merits of the idea of integrating their annual shed into the blanket.  At long last, the Buffalo now have a steady means of support thru the selling of the blankets.  I feel very fortunate to have played a roll in insuring the Health and Welfare of these magnificent animals. Their annual shed will guarantee that they will be able to propagate and thrive in the years to come. Thanks to the unselfish and tireless hard work and personal financial sacrifice of Cynthia and Charles Button, and their 501c3 tax exempt Sacred World Peace Alliance Foundation that now owns the Buffalo, it is clear how these animals are going to survive and thrive.  The White Buffalo shed will be their economic support income in the years ahead." Paul W. Hait, Peace Partner Co-Founder.

Hello Cynthia! Sorry in the delay, I Received the Sacred Blanket Just hours before i was to set of on a camping trip to Stonehenge for the 2011 summer solstice for 10 days. The Blanket is so BEAUTIFUL, when i wore it for the first time I got a shiver up my spine, such amazing energies I felt, The white Buffalo as with all life is Sacred but i truly felt something special when i wore it! The blanket came with me to Stonehenge UK for the summer Solstice, not only was it used ceremony purposes it kept me warm and dry from the rain for 12 hours as i took part in a small personal ceremony from sunset to sunrise! It is such a Honor and Blessing to have this very special and sacred White Buffalo blanket with me along my journey....... Thank you from my heart to Hiawatha and Thank you for making this possible! Beauty & Blessings, We are all related!!! Kim-mlaou ~~~|~~~

When Miracle Moon was born a truly wonderful prophecy was fulfilled. When the other white buffalo were born, the creators sign promised healing the hoops of all nations. These white buffalo were left to struggle for life and then lifted up and carried to Oregon to live in a place of plenty. Then 6 more white buffalo were born to confirm that the truth was told and shared with the world. It is up to all who believe that the sweat and the blood and the prayers of our ancestors will make manifest their dreams for us. We need to support these buffalo and the people who are the spiritual as well as physical caretakers. The medicine blankets designed for the 100th anniversary of the Pendleton Company mark good years of embracing our people with warmth and Native design. Please add your support by buying the "Hiawatha Big Medicine Blanket" and provide a blessing for you and your family. Every tribe and two legged should help provide to sustain the life of this prophecy and bring blessings on Mitakuye Oyasin.  Blessings, on all our relations. John Danner United Nations Chairperson for Native American Communications
Because of the religious significance to the plains Indians I send the first blanket to the Lakota at Saint Joseph's Indian schools. What wonderful gifts to all! I have kept one for myself. Mine is number 12 blanket.
Vince W.

I received my blanket and it is awesome. The White Buffalo has been a spirit totem of mine for the past few years. A friend of mine,' Red Basket' called and said 'Songbird, Spirit told me to tell you, you have to get this blanket'. She would have got it for me but she could not afford to. It has a lot of energy for me. I was very pleased with the green on one side and cream color on the other side. I was just gifted a pipe two months ago and I have been going to pipe
ceremony’s for the past few years so this blanket is the life I am living. I am very proud to have it. Blessings, Songbird

Dear Mr. & Mrs. Button,
What a wonderful sight to my eyes, and a great feeling to my heart and soul. I am very honored to know the Sacred White Buffaloes are cared for, and loved by both you and your wife. Watching the Buffalo walk up to your wife and seeing the hugs and love she gives them are so awesome. I know buffaloes could be a very dangerous animal and yet they walk up to her like a pet dog; this to me shows that she has cared and respected the buffaloes.
As a Native American Indian, from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, and working at the Madras High School which is named after the White Buffalo makes this such a unique setting. And sharing with our youth makes this such a pleasant feeling. Seeing how many Buffalo you two are caring for and raising them takes a lot of time. When I asked how you are affording to care and feed the herd it had taken my heart by surprise.
When you shared how you two came up with the idea of Pendleton blankets with some of the white Buffalo hair inter woven into the blanket; this had me feeling like I really would like to get a blanket from you to help feed the Buffalo. I truly know that it takes very special people to care for such a Sacred Animal.
When you had gifted me a little of the white Buffalo hair; when I got home I had immediately put in my medicine bag. There are not many people who would take up so much time to care as you two do. As many people throughout the world look at the white buffalo, and the tigers, lions and other animals of the nature are very sacred animals. The greatest thing is you are willing to share them with whoever wants to go visit the ranch. Although I feel there should be invitation only.
Sincerely KO-NA Foster J. Kalama, Warm Springs Tribal Member/Madras High School Liaison

Dearest Spirit Daughter:
So happy about the new miracles coming to help the people....thank you for being the guardian of the guardians.....The Bear Clan will organize soon as to our gathering with the White Buffalo Water Blessings ceremony up there at your ranch. We are thinking about ordering another one of the most amazing blankets to raffle for the Bear Clans fundraising this year...will know soon....With Raffle tickets you have to have a permit now and only good until the beginning of Sept.. No matter when you begin selling the tickets....!!! So does not give us much time....Anyway....everyone loves their blankets as do Three Crows
and Myself....Pendleton has done a marvelous job with this....Chat with you soon.... cannot wait to see the new little ones...Blessings in all ways. Grandmother T. Whitedeer

Dear One:
As the White Buffalo came to me in a stone over 20 years ago, this blanket has come to me through you as a token to always remember that Spirit moves through these wonderful creatures to help all of man-kind....to find that peace within so that it will flow outward through to the entire planet. This blanket is one of my most precious items and as others have mentioned to me a true legend has been captured in this beautiful work of art....Thank you Cynthia for all that you do....Your spirit is joined with the Blessed Ones.... Love...Blessings. Truth within the Honey of the Heart...
Grandmother Whitedeer

Good Morning,
Just a note to let you know we received our beautiful/precious blanket this morning. Thanks so much for taking good care of us! We will treasure this special blanket all of our lives. Thanks for making it available and all of the hard work it took by so many to ensure the safety of the white buffalo. God Bless you all.
*We will be sure to call next time we get close to Bend. It will be a thrill to see the herd again.
Terry & Karla Barnes
Burley, Idaho


Cyn, I decided to order 4, so you should have the credit card payment by now and all ship to me. I have 2 to give as gifts and you can make the cards for those out to Joe and George. My daughters and i will love to come and visit, they are both 15 and from China by birth and adoption, the native legends are something they know little of, but they are going to bond with the white buffalo for certain. I will watch for you notice of dates so we don't miss this majestic event. I am honored to give to your work, and the healing that will come from these blankets will go far and wide. Let me know when they are on the way. Thanks again. "We are not human beings seeking a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings seeking a human experience." If this is true, then our journey is more about "remembering" rather than "finding." Wayne Dyer, Author .............Blessed Be, Sheri Greenstreet

Dear Cynthia and Paul: I received our beautiful blanket within 2 days of our phone conversation. I have since read your website and Paul's bio. I've passed on the information to my friends and loved ones. It was a real pleasure to have spoken with both of you last week; I was the one who received the last blanket, whose husband had recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. He was very touched when it arrived and carefully put in on our bed. It is so soft and beautiful. I was writing to thank you. I had been having severe back pain for 3 weeks due to a bad sprain. I tried chiropractic, massage, ibuprofen, muscle relaxants, pain medicine, stretching, heat and ice. The pain was always there. Then the blanket arrived. The first night I slept well with it and was comfortable. The second night my back pain worsened badly and the pain kept me up all night. By the next afternoon (yesterday) the pain began to subside. Last night I slept solidly all through the night. This morning my back pain is completely GONE! I thought you'd like to know. Bless you all and thank you! Happy Holidays!
Love, Lorraine and Henry

Hello there to all at the SWPA!
My name is Kim-malou Worthington and i live in the UK. I am inquiring about the Beautiful Sacred Hiawatha medicine blanket. After searching for a couple of hours on the internet today looking for a medicine blanket to use in ceremony and prayer, i came across the Pendleton website and it was there, The beautiful Pendleton big medicine blanket, that the design was just right in every way for what i was looking for...... then after a little more research to see if there was a strong link with this company and the Indigenous peoples of America I came across a link to telling me about SWPA and that you also was selling this blanket but also entwining the Sacred white Buffalo hair into them while also raising funds for the White Buffalo sanctuary....Well the feeling i felt inside was overwhelming, and i just knew it would be such a Blessing and Honor to be blessed with one of the Sacred blankets for prayer and ceremony.
I have phoned you a couple of times in America but it is just the answer phone. I carry the White Buffalo spirit in my heart and would be deeply humbled and honored to wear the Medicine.
Would you please let me know if you have any left and the cost of shipping of the blanket to the UK. Thank you,
Eternal Beauty & Blessings,
Kim-malou ~~~|~~~

I wanted to contribute a testimonial about the Hiawatha White Buffalo blankets and encourage folks to share this info to their Facebook page. I used one of these beautiful blankets at an important spiritual ceremony in Hawaii this January. The beautiful design truly raised the vibration of our ceremony. Folks placed items that they wanted to spiritually charge into the center of the blanket during the ceremony. It was very moving and I will hang my blanket on the wall in a place of honor in my home. Thank you Cynthia for your beautiful and inspired design,. Kara
These blankets are such a blessing there aren't words to express the healing power from them with then hair of the white buffalo.......they are quiet powerful......even if you cannot feel the healing energy these are priceless......an so beautiful........well worth it ........with love........
Cynthia Ury

Good day my name is Glen my medicine name is White Hart given to me by a rite of passage vision quest in Wales I consider myself Celtic, the facilitator was taught by Sun Bear my grandmother told me she had Red Indian ancestors which I believe were Lakota. I had a vision of a place a sacred place a center i found myself on a cliff overlooking it an eagle was flying and my guide revealed this strange land to me and told me to follow my heart that was a while back and since then, I have a power animal that just appears in dreams saying follow me follow the white Hart, so i look for signs that lead the way, I am an artist who is inspired by nature and the elements earth air fire and water, I was inspired to learn healing from my grandmother who saved me when I was 3 from being badly scolded, I have had a difficult and often solitary path, which is ok as it has helped me connect to our mother earth and despite misgivings I have taken up the mantle as an earth healing Shaman still training still learning, I have battled illness and won, a healer i saw used to travel to Sedona and went to see the is on she came back with some White Bison Hair and I asked if we could use this for my book will forward on to the session we did and I believe it started a very powerful healing process > and a new journey for myself, this healer spoke of a center of healing that had connection with an Eagle and the 4 directions, recently I have encountered 2 white turtle doves a white cat and a white feather, seems silly as I live in a grimy London city of concrete, but I searched the internet for signs of white animals and found a news article on miracle calf, found your web site and was astounded at your determination to create a sanctuary for sacred animals, all I know right now is i feel compelled to contact you and honor your work, and wish I could offer more than words. My mind and Heart reach out to you as I listen to a beautiful Lakota Peyote Song, Buffalo Medicine Woman must be smiling at you! My wish at this time is to reach out and make a contact with the good folk who are inspired to your cause.

As a woman of first nations blood, a grandmother on the Turtle Island Grandmothers Council, and being called by spirit as a voice for this buffalo herd, I feel that the White Buffalo shed in the Pendleton blankets is a beauty FULL way for the Buffalo to support themselves. Just like a sheep herd, the hair shed is weaved into blankets that keep people warm as well as supporting this growing herd’s financial stability. In an agreement between our brother and sister Buffalo nation and the two legged nation, they continue to share themselves with the two legged nation with their shed to keep the people warm. All life is sacred to the Great Spirit, honoring one another us our responsibility for the continuation of all beings right to surthrive and exist on our Earth Mother. It is important to remember that these buffalo cannot roam the Earth like they once could before times changed and the only way to ensure their sustainability is through raising money that directly goes to care for the herd. In Gratitude, Grandmother Redhawk Quoting a Biologist her own words; As a biologist I just wanted to say that genetically it is impossible to create a recessive dominant without 2 recessive homozygous parents. It would take a lot of lab tinkering to do this as well as access to the ones that have been born in nature. Believe me when I tell ya darlin - it’s a hec of a lot easier to let nature create it!!

Pasit Lovinhugs Peters so sacred and many have good reason's / purposes to be where spiritual prayer and grounds are .and built over. Creator let us know these things without 2nd thought . All for go to grandmother white buffalo whom prayer an be our sacred pipe of red rock to white buffalo woman.

Hi Cynthia,
Mary Hitchcock also commented on Sacred White Buffalo's photo.
Mary wrote: "I love that blanket. Simply beautiful. Does she have a website for those of us in Oz..."

Donation to help feed the Buffalo
Love my big medicine blanket haven’t been in bed for over a week due to these 4 broken ribs it is beautiful how much - Derreld

Thank You for providing the piece of white buffalo hair from Mystic Moon. As you know, I am a believer and somewhat practitioner in various aspects of Native American philosophies and medicine. I have used a number of herbs for various related conditions, I believe in the use of sage for purification and I believe in the strength of the buffalo and the spirit of the buffalo.
Upon my return to California from South Dakota, I had to take my father to the hospital. He was in pretty bad condition and it took a while for the doctors to figure out what was going on with him. It turns out that his blood sugar was over 600 and his sodium and other electrolyte levels were extremely (dangerously) low. These chemical imbalances and medical use of morphine for pain relief caused his mind to be scrambled.
After about a week in the hospital, he was transferred to convalescent/rehabilitation care. He continued to be in a state of mental confusion. There were times that I wasn't sure he even knew who I was when I was there. One night I took a large piece of the white buffalo hair, placed it on his forehead and held it under the palm of my hand. I could feel the heat from the spirit of the buffalo. I said a prayer to the Great Spirit, asking the creator to send healing through the power of the white buffalo. Pop seemed to become calmer and more mentally stable within minutes. It was truly amazing. To continue to give him strength, I took a small piece of the hair and taped it under his watchband so the hair was touching his skin, but would not fall off. I was afraid staff might take away a larger amount, not knowing the significance.
Two days passed and he seemed to be getting stronger and going more mental clarity. I talked to him about the power of the White Buffalo. He is a believer in many of the Native American Customs. I again used a piece of the hair and held it on his forehead with my hand. During this occasion, the spirit was so strong; I had to lift my hand up because of the extreme heat. The palm of my hand literally felt like I had put it against a burning candle or match. After that, he laid in bed and clearly recited stories he could remember from his reading of the bible. He was able to restate the stories with great clarity.
He has been in the rehabilitative care facility for almost five days now. He continues to get physically stronger and it seems as though with time, he will recover and be able to return home. I believe in the strength and power in the spirit of the white Buffalo.
Thank You for providing me and my father with a means of healing.
Al Barker Jr.

DNA LAB

Hello Cynthia,
. Yes, I used to work at Stormont Laboratories. We blood typed and DNA typed Miracle Moon to prove that she did not have any cattle blood or marker in her. Proving that she was one of the first (in a long time) WHITE bison! We tested almost off the Jim and Dena’s breeding stock and offspring. And every time someone would have doubts that they were purebred bison Dena would say, “Pull a hair sample and send it to the lab! Then you will know.” I’m happy to hear that they are all doing well. They will always hold a special place in my heart. I love to share my white bison story with anyone who will listen. Stormont Laboratories went out of business in 2005 and I was able to get a job here at the University of California, Davis late in 2004. I am not one of the scientists but I still love my job and feel what we are able to do to maintain the integrity of breeds is so important. I will visit your web-site to get updates on the whites (as I call them). :0)
Regards,
Michelle Whitaker
Customer Service - Public Relations
Veterinary Genetics Laboratory
University of California Davis

I know this is a hot topic for u- As a biologist I just wanted to say that genetically it is impossible to create a recessive dominant without 2 recessive homozygous parents. It would take a lot of lab tinkering to do this as well as access to the ones that have been born in nature. Believe me when I tell ya darlin - it’s a hec of a lot easier to let nature create it!!