Native American ceremony celebrates birth of white buffalo calf in Yellowstone

The white buffalo calf’s birth is spiritually significant to indigenous people (Jordan Creech/AP)

Ceremonies and celebrations are planned near the west entrance of Yellowstone National Park to mark the recent birth of a white buffalo calf in the park – a spiritually significant event for many Native American tribes.

A white buffalo calf with a dark nose and eyes was born on June 4 in the the park’s Lamar Valley, according to witnesses.