Native Americans to celebrate white bison in Conn. By MICHAEL
MELIA, Associated Press GOSHEN, Conn. (AP) -- The birth of a
white bison, among the rarest of animals, is bringing Native
Americans who consider it a sacred event to celebrate at one of
the least likely of places, a farm in New England. Hundreds of
people, including tribal elders from South Dakota, are expected
to attend naming ceremonies later this month at the northwestern
Connecticut farm of Peter Fay, a fourth-generation Goshen
farmer. Native Americans in the area have come with gifts of
tobacco and colored flags for Fay and the bull calf since it was
born there a month ago, and Fay is planning to offer his hay
field as a campsite for the expected crowds. "They say it's
going to bring good things to all people in the world. How can
you beat that? That's the way I look at it," Fay said.
Connecticut farms host only about 100 bison, a tiny fraction of
the populations in Western states, such as South Dakota, the
home of Sioux tribes that attach the