JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The National Buffalo Museum now has another white buffalo added to the herd.

On Thursday, Museum Director Illana Xinos announced that the female cow was born at Shirek Buffalo Ranch in Michigan, North Dakota. She is also a descendant of White Cloud, who lived with the herd at the National Buffalo Museum for 20 years.

“The addition of the animal will allow the museum to contribute to current research in bison genetics since there is still much to learn about the connection of albinism to bison,” Xinos stated. “As a museum, our mission is to educate. We believe this will be a great opportunity to learn and to educate the public.”

White Cloud originally returned home to Shirek Buffalo Ranch on May 21st, 2016 where she later passed. In her lifetime at the National Buffalo Museum, she had 11 bison calves including Dakota Miracle, who is also in the Jamestown herd.

White buffalo are sacred to the Native American Community.