White Buffalo Cow Society was the highest graded of the women's societies amongst the Mandan and Hidatsa tribal peoples, equaled in the importance by the Bull Society amongst the men who performed the Okipa buffalo-calling ceremony during the summer.
White Buffalo Cow Society was the highest graded of the women's societies amongst the Mandan and Hidatsa tribal peoples, equaled in the importance by the Bull Society amongst the men. These men performed the Okipa buffalo -. These men were calling ceremony during the summer.