When Stories Become Prophecy: The Sacred Return of Wakan Gli and the Cheyenne Connection
- Aiyana Saint Gimbel
- Jul 8
- 3 min read
When Stories Become Prophecy: PLEASE BE ALERTED, I HAVE BEEN CENSORED
The Sacred Return of Wakan Gli and the Cheyenne Connection
There are moments in life when the veil between story and reality becomes so thin that we can barely breathe for the sacredness of it all. I find myself in such a moment now, humbled beyond words by the unfolding of events that seem to bridge my written stories with living prophecy.
The White Buffalo's Sacred Return
In June 2024, a white buffalo was born in Yellowstone National Park. Named Wakan Gli (Sacred Return) by Chief Arvol Looking Horse, this birth fulfills ancient prophecies I've carried in my heart and woven into my stories for decades. But here's where Creator's hand becomes unmistakable...
When I first wrote about this sacred event, I mistakenly identified Chief Arvol Looking Horse as Lakota. I also spelled his name wrong. Memory can be imperfect, and I humbly corrected the spelling of his name. But today, watching the video of Wakan Gli's naming ceremony, I discovered something that left me breathless:
Chief Arvol Looking Horse is from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. Not Lakota
Cheyenne. The name of my beloved faerie character, from the sequel of the book, "The Faeries of Willow Tribe". always felt lost and different in the Land of Willow, searching for where she belonged, searching for her family.
The Sacred Path Reveals
On July 3rd, I drew three cards from Jamie Sams' Sacred Path deck, sharing the reading live so all could witness:
STORYTELLER (expansion) - The stories are expanding, reaching beyond the pages
WAR BONNET (advance) - Moving forward with sacred purpose
SHAWL (returning home) - The circle completes, the family is found
The synchronicity takes my breath away. Cheyenne, lost in Willow, finding her way home through the very tribe that named our sacred White Buffalo.
Ancestral Threads
My relatives carry the story of two brothers in Pennsylvania who protected buffalo AND BACK TO AS FAR AS THE 1400s on apx 500 combined acres, keeping them from extinction for the people. They were called the Pennsylvania Dutch, and it is where my Indigienous blood arrives. They built a homestead in that time where ceremonies were carried out and sold in the 1700s that was turned into an Inn, "Rising Sun Inn", that changed family's ownership. The research was completed in 2019. I may have numbers wrong but there are deeds, notations for history regarding why they honored the buffalo. Now I understand why this story chose me to tell it. The threads of protection, of prophecy, of the Rainbow Warriors' return - they run through bloodlines and across time.
Even receiving a white sheepskin, the day after my birthday, July 1st, found in a moment of community advocacy, in what I was calling the "Sacred Trash Bin" at the Sheriff's Youth Ranch, calling the City and the Ranch, asking why they are destroying Public Trust by taking peoples donations and trashing them. It feels like another sacred nod from Creator - white wool, white buffalo, white light of truth returning.
The Cradle Board Prophecy Lives
The Cradle Board Prophecy speaks of the Rainbow Warriors' return, and I see it manifesting through organizations like Operation Restore Justice, working to end the horrific crimes against our children Internationally. When I offered my story to Leonard Peltier in 2007 through AIM, (American Indian Movement), it was further prophecy that he was released from prison in 2024! "Return Sacred".
I didn't fully understand the medicine I was carrying. Now I see how the stories were always meant to be bridges - between worlds, between peoples, between prophecy and reality.
Walking in Humility
I share this not to elevate myself, but to honor the mystery of how Creator works through us when we say yes to carrying the stories. I am humbled to be a vessel for these ancient truths returning to consciousness. The white buffalo's birth, the Cheyenne connection, the Ancient Redwoods and Julia Butterfly Hill and finding a Butterfly puzzle in the Sacred Trash Bin, the landing of Space X and the dolphins greeting, the cards speaking truth - none of this is coincidence.
We are living in the time of prophecy fulfilled. The ancient ways are returning. The Rainbow Warriors are awakening. And sometimes, the stories we think we're writing are actually writing us, calling us home to who we've always been.
Mitakuye Oyasin - We are all related.
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