- The story begins with an Indigenous BOY and his GRANDFATHER standing in a museum looking at a diorama of buffalo. The inquisitive grandson wants to know more about the buffalo and why his people revere them. The grandfather takes his grandson on a journey into the countryside to see some live buffalo. There he relates the oral story of how the buffalo spoke to the Creator and told him how he'd like to offer himself to help the Plains People survive. Throughout the course of the show, the grandfather provides historical culture about buffalo and their many significant and lifegiving uses for the North American Plains People. The Grandfather relays in a simplistic fashion how the BUFFALO told the Creator he would provide shelter, food, clothing, tools, hunting gear, ceremonial objects, and many other necessities for those who lived on the Plains. As the story progresses, the Buffalo identifies his various body parts from the nose to the tail, inside and out and how the People may use them to survive in their everyday life. The Buffalo ends by telling the Creator he knows there will be a time when he will be no more and the People will lose their way of life, but they would still honour him for all he gave. By the end of the story, the grandson learns the buffalo are a reminder of how their People once life in harmony with nature. He understands that the Buffalo continue to be honoured to this day for sharing themselves so freely and he wants to know more about how he can honour them too.—Judith Silverthorne
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