About the White Bison - A white buffalo or white bison is an American bison possessing white fur, and is considered sacred or spiritually significant in several Native American religions; therefore, such buffalo are often visited for prayer and other religious rituals. The coats of buffalo are almost always brown and their skin a dark brown or black; The white bison in this series of photos are likely leucistic, with white fur but blue eyes, instead of the pink seen in albinos. Leucism present from a variety of conditions that result in the partial loss of pigmentation in an animal—causing white, pale, or patchy coloration. Three white bison were found in this herd, an extremely rare event.