The buffalo is abundance that was nearly ended — the plains' provider, hunted to the brink, returning. Sacred to the peoples it fed, it names provision honored versus provision squandered, and the herd that faces storms head-on.
Positive Resonance
Provision honored, the herd facing the storm together, return from the brink
Shadow Aspect
Abundance squandered to near-extinction, the stampede's blind mass
Nuances
The great herd: abundance at horizon scale
Facing into the storm: the buffalo's famous direction