James Trosper on the significance of the buffalo in Native American life and ceremonies

James Trosper explains the significance of the buffalo in Native American life and ceremonies, especially in the Sun Dance. This is another clip from Disc 1 (in the section “Conversations With Native Elders”) on the 2-disc DVD set “Native Spirit and The Sun Dance Way” (World Wisdom, 2007). Mr. Trosper is a respected voice on traditional Plains Indian spirituality. He is Medicine Man and Sun Dance chief of the Shoshone Tribe in Fort Washakie, Wyoming. He is a direct descendant of the great Eastern Shoshone chief, Washakie. Mr. Trosper has traveled throughout America, assisting in the continuation of American Indian religious traditions, and explaining the Sun Dance religion of the Plains and Indian spirituality to Indian and white audiences for many years.