Mahpiya Ska (Sioux language) or White Cloud (July 10, 1996 – November 14, 2016) was an albino female buffalo primarily residing at the National Buffalo Museum located in Jamestown, North Dakota.
She was on loan to the museum and the project caring for her was funded by the City of Jamestown for approximately $10,000 per year.
She died November 14, 2016, at her birthplace herd that she had been returned to, Shirek Buffalo Ranch.
[1][2] White Cloud, like most albino buffalo, was almost totally deaf and had limited vision and joined the herd located at the museum in 1997.
White Cloud was born on July 10, 1996, on the Shirek Buffalo Farm in Michigan, North Dakota.