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Old Iron Shell, a chief of the
Sioux people, told the legend of the Calf Pipe. Many years after the Sioux came
out of the great cave into the upper world a wonderful experience took place. A
beautiful woman Goddess, Whope, visited the Sioux
people to tell them how Wakan Tanka,
leader of the Buffalo People, was pleased for the Sioux were a good people. She
stayed with them for four days and taught them that the Sky, Earth, and Four
Winds gave them everything they needed. She taught the headman, Buffalo Who
Walks Standing Upright, about the Calf Pipe. She instructed him that the pipe
was to be used in ceremonies to show thanks to Wakan Tanka for all their blessings. She taught Buffalo Who Walks
Standing Upright how to light the pipe and point it to the Sky, Earth, and Four
Winds as he smoked it. The pipe became a symbol of communion and peace to the
Sioux and its legend and ceremonial practices have been carried down through
the generations by the descendents of Buffalo Who Walks Standing Upright. Ken
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