WHAT IS THE NATIVE LEGEND BEHIND THE AMMOLITE STONE?
* Legend tells of a blackfoot woman who discovered the stone while searching for firewood. During a particularly harsh winter, the buffalo had disappeared and the tribe was starving. While searching in the deep snow, the young women heard beautiful singing and followed the voice to an ammolite stone under a cottonwood tree. The stone told her it was powerful medicine and if she would take it back to the tribe it would provide food for the blackfoot. She did so and the next morning a large herd of buffalo was seen outside the camp. After that, the blackfoot used the stone in bison hunting ceremonies – wrapping it in a medicine bundle of buffalo hide. Through the aid of ammolite, the blackfoot were able to survive that particularly harsh winter. And ever since Ammolite has been commonly referred to as the buffalo stone as it signifies wealth and abundance.
