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Thursday, June 24, 2004
Homosexuality on Turtle Island
by White Feather
It is commonly believed that homosexuality is limited to the human species but this has been scientifically proven to be false. Among the animals who have been scientifically documented as engaging in homesexual relations is the American Bison--more commonly known as the buffalo.
Although modern white academia didn't get around to making the scientific discovery until the 1970s, the Lakota knew about it for hundreds of years. It was a natural part of their intimate knowledge of the buffalo. It became validated for academia after two U.S. universities did extensive studies on free-range buffalo herds.
It was learned--and documented--that when the females of a buffalo herd were about to go into heat, the herd's alpha male (each herd had a dominant male leader) would suddenly start having sex with other males in the herd. This homosexual activity would only last a short time; until the females came into heat, at which point all males turned their attention towards the females and the propagation of the herd. Academia is still trying to come up with an explanation.
Having observed this buffalo behavior for hundreds of years, the Lakota had an explanation for it. They saw it as very normal. The way they saw it, the dominant alpha male was looking out for the welfare and continued existence of the herd. Sensing the females about to come into heat, the alpha male was merely getting the other males in the mood to start procreating. But he wasn't just doing that. He was also putting his vibrations into those other males so that they would, in turn, pass on those vibrations to the females and all the new calves to be born.
Is it any wonder that the Lakota viewed homosexuals differently than most other human societies? In Lakota society, gay men were revered. They were considered to possess special powers ordinary men didn't. If you were a gay man in Lakota society, you'd be called winkte. Most winkte ended up being shamans and medicine men, because of the special powers they were considered to possess. They were seen as different from other men; but they were seen as superior, or alpha. It was not unusual for a normally heterosexual male warrior to go sleep with a winkte before some great battle, in hopes of picking up some extra mojo. Mothers would bring their sick children to a winkte to have the winkte touch them, giving them their special alpha winkte powers of healing.
Copyright © 2004, by White Feather. All Rights Reserved.
It is commonly believed that homosexuality is limited to the human species but this has been scientifically proven to be false. Among the animals who have been scientifically documented as engaging in homesexual relations is the American Bison--more commonly known as the buffalo.
Although modern white academia didn't get around to making the scientific discovery until the 1970s, the Lakota knew about it for hundreds of years. It was a natural part of their intimate knowledge of the buffalo. It became validated for academia after two U.S. universities did extensive studies on free-range buffalo herds.
It was learned--and documented--that when the females of a buffalo herd were about to go into heat, the herd's alpha male (each herd had a dominant male leader) would suddenly start having sex with other males in the herd. This homosexual activity would only last a short time; until the females came into heat, at which point all males turned their attention towards the females and the propagation of the herd. Academia is still trying to come up with an explanation.
Having observed this buffalo behavior for hundreds of years, the Lakota had an explanation for it. They saw it as very normal. The way they saw it, the dominant alpha male was looking out for the welfare and continued existence of the herd. Sensing the females about to come into heat, the alpha male was merely getting the other males in the mood to start procreating. But he wasn't just doing that. He was also putting his vibrations into those other males so that they would, in turn, pass on those vibrations to the females and all the new calves to be born.
Is it any wonder that the Lakota viewed homosexuals differently than most other human societies? In Lakota society, gay men were revered. They were considered to possess special powers ordinary men didn't. If you were a gay man in Lakota society, you'd be called winkte. Most winkte ended up being shamans and medicine men, because of the special powers they were considered to possess. They were seen as different from other men; but they were seen as superior, or alpha. It was not unusual for a normally heterosexual male warrior to go sleep with a winkte before some great battle, in hopes of picking up some extra mojo. Mothers would bring their sick children to a winkte to have the winkte touch them, giving them their special alpha winkte powers of healing.
Copyright © 2004, by White Feather. All Rights Reserved.
