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5 Fun Facts About The Nez Perce Horse

November 22, 2021
The rare Nez Perce Horse has a unique history. Not many equestrians have heard of this breed. The Nez Perce Tribe, a group of people indigenous to North America, selectively raised horses for racing, endurance, and stamina. In the 1990s, a program was established to restore this traditional breed. Facts About the Nez Perce Horse...

America's Original War Horse

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July 18, 2021
A man-eating monster from the underworld is bearing down upon you mercilessly. The drumming of hooves pounds in your ears and you are momentarily blinded by what you believe to be lightning hurled from the horned creature’s red-rimmed eyes. As your corporeal enemy rides this beast toward you, testimonies of former victims hang swinging below...

Wild Women Of The West: Sarah Winnemucca

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October 29, 2019
In the history of the Indians, she and Pocahontas will be the principal female characters, and her singular devotion to her race will no doubt be chronicled as an illustration of the better traits of the Indian character.  —San Francisco Call, January 1885 The Bannock War and the Army Territorial Enterprise, June 5, 1878:  We...

Whatever Became Of The Navajo Rug And You?

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July 1, 2019
If you have a traditional Navajo Rug in your home, then you own a true treasure. These beauties are no easy task to make and the people that do them are true artists in every sense of the word. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Naiomi Glasses (@naiomiglasses) They require hours and...

Wild Women Of The West: Kitsipimi Otunna

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May 2, 2018
A massive Union Pacific steam engine, pulling more than a dozen cars, belched a cloud of black smoke into the air as it slowly approached the depot in Omaha, Nebraska.  A crowd of well-wishers waiting in an around the building waved colorful flag that read WELCOM BUFFALO BILL COFY AND THE CONGRESS OF THE ROUGH...

Wild Women Of The West: Sarah Winnemucca

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March 21, 2018
The Piute Indian Sarah Winnemucca listened intently as one of the tribe’s elders told the story of how the army soldiers killed a party of their people on a fishing expedition. Relations between the Piutes and white settlers had been strained since the discovery of silver in northern Nevada in 1859. An influx of prospectors...

The Pendleton Round-Up Through The Years

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August 27, 2017
The Pendleton Round-Up has long been one of the most anticipated annual rodeos, drawing thousands of spectators each year. What has turned into a large event in the present day, started out with a humble beginning. “The first Pendleton Round-Up was to be a frontier exhibition of picturesque pastimes, Indian and military spectacles, cowboy racing...

The Nez Perce Horse

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July 27, 2017
No one knows where the Nez Perce people began their legendary relationship with horses. Both historians and anthropologists alike are unable to document exactly when the Pacific Northwest tribe actually acquired the horse. While it is generally accepted that the Spanish introduced the modern equine back into the Americas around 1730 (North America’s indigenous horses...

Appaloosas: The Ultimate Comeback Story

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July 6, 2017
They’re unmistakable, the dark horses with white “blankets” on their rumps, often with black spots spilling out across their flanks; the white horses completely covered with black, brown or reddish polka-dots, appropriately called leopard Appaloosas; or the myriad of other colorful combinations that warrant a delicious double take. When one admires a spectacular Appaloosa standing...
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