Donated buffalo will take place of honor at powwow

In Native American culture, the buffalo is sacred. That’s why the donation of a buffalo by the Northern Ute Tribe — for a meal during Meeker’s Smoking River Pow Wow in September — is such a symbolic gesture.
“The buffalo is a sacred animal to most Indian tribes,” said Bill Kight, chairman of the powwow committee. “What makes this buffalo special to us is the head will be used for the sun dance next year,…