Originally, horses were present in North America way before the Spanish settlers arrived on the continent. However, for unknown reasons, they went extinct around 10,000 years ago, together with other large herbivores. Were there horses in America before the Spanish? Read more…
Domestication in pre-Roman times Domesticated horses were present in Bronze Age Britain from around 2000 BC. Were horses native to England? Domestic horses and ponies are a familiar feature of the British countryside. Few realise that these are derived from Read more…
Horses allowed hunters to travel many miles across the plains in search of potential game to hunt, and also helped with large movements of entire tribes, carrying food, water, and materials made for shelter, which previously had to be carried Read more…
The horse became an integral part of the lives and culture of Native Americans, especially the Plains Indians, who viewed them as a source of wealth and used them for hunting, travel, and warfare. How did Native Americans react to Read more…
In the beginning, they were primarily a hunter-gatherer nomadic society, but with horses, they became more daring and aggressive and were soon considered the best buffalo hunters on the plains. What did the Comanche practice? The Comanche believed in a Read more…
Captain Myles Keogh. The only living thing – two-legged or four-legged – that remained at the scene of the engagement was a severely injured bay horse named Comanche that had belonged to US Army Captain Myles Keogh. Who owned the Read more…
The Comanche people. The Comanche people were thought to be among the first tribes to obtain horses and use them successfully. Who were the first Americans to use horses? The image of American Indians on horseback is iconic, but indigenous Read more…
The ancient wild horses that stayed in America became extinct, possibly due to climate changes, but their ancestors were introduced back to the American land via the European colonists many years later. Columbus’ second voyage was the starting point for Read more…
Horses revolutionized the Plains Indian way of life by allowing their owners to hunt, trade, and wage war more effectively, to have bigger tipis and move more possessions, and to transport their old and sick, who might previously have been Read more…
Set in Northern Ontario in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it follows protagonist Saul Indian Horse as he uses his extraordinary talent for ice hockey to try and escape his traumatic residential school experience. Indian Horse. Published Online July Read more…