A rare white bison calf was spotted in Yellowstone National ... White buffalo calves are sacred to a number of Native American tribes, including the Sioux, Cherokee, Navajo, Lakota and Dakota.

Chambers named the calf “Unatsi,” the Cherokee word for ... Overall, there’s been a steady resurgence in the number of American bison alive today after they nearly went extinct in the ...

As in legend, the calf remains mysterious in life ... one of the last sanctuaries for free-roaming American bison. The animals once numbered in the tens of millions before commercial hunting ...

“Those days of free roaming have been long gone but the American bison ... genetically pure plains bison. The family group includes three bulls, seven cows and one calf that passed mandated ...