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I stumbled on a video on Amazon Prime called "The True Appaloosa". The video concluded with evidence that the Appaloosa has a genetic footprint, and even a breeding stock of the Appaloosa in KYRGYZSTAN. They call them Chaar - which means spotted horse.

The area they found the horses in was 14,000 ft above elevation, gets -40 to -50 C in winter, there are mountains everywhere and rolling plains, the grazing isnt so great. The people had to go through some mountain ranges just to get to these herds.

These horses are hardy. The Russians tried to wipe out the Chaar horse, but the Russian horses didnt do well in extreme climates.

But I found it facinating and it is more proof that bucks the narrative.

One of the old stories from Kyrgyzstan is that an old horseman was called upon by a king to find the horse of legend. The horseman rejected all the kings horses until an old farmer showed up with an injured spotted horse. The horseman ended up caring for this spotted horse until it got its strength back. The horseman challenged the king to a race, no one could catch him. He talked smack to the king and was confident they would never catch him. They say the horseman roamed the earth and then rode into the sea with his spotted horse.

Wild story, but please google "Tolubai synchy / old kyrgyz legend" to read it fully. Its sited on "Chaar-Appaloosa" horse website, they are starting to realize what they have and they are trying to revive the breed.

If anyone is Nez Perce and knows their old stories, Id be greatful of you could share them.

None of this information is on the wiki right now. But sightings of spotted horses go back to ancient times, even cave paintings in Europe.

I always loved horses, and this just facinates me. Im still continuing my research. If anyone has any thoughts or comments, please share with us.

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Are there any North American cultures that don’t consider long hair important? I often hear that “Native American culture” values long hair, but I also know that generalizing hundreds of different cultures doesn’t always work.

When I tried researching this myself I just saw things that mentioned individual Native people sometimes needing to cut their hair for things like certain jobs including the military, but nothing about specific groups having different norms.

In person it's a beautiful royal purple, I want to make an article of clothing of some kind, but I'm not sure what to make.. I'd love suggestions!

Obviously the news of Cole Brings Plenty is a tragedy and everyone of us from the Creek tribe are saddened but it begs the question why we’re so ignorant to our own people committing crimes. If a white man had abused a native woman, went on the run and committed suicide we would not be having the same “prayers and condolences” conversation.

I am non-native but I am trying to help my friend's dad (Plains Cree) who is a survivor of residential school.

I've been looking for a while for books specifically to help survivors of residential schools, but almost all of the books I have found have focused on educating non-native people.

I do not think these would help him much, and he is (understandably) mistrusting of doctors and psychiatrists who might help him navigate his cptsd. Does anyone have any suggestions for books to help survivors navigate their experiences, preferably from a Cree or Plains Cree author?

Thank you for any help, suggestions, and the time you take to read this post!

Spotted this opening at USA Jobs: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/785432900

In case anyone's interested: "This position is located within the Office of Management Services (OMS), Division of Acquisition Policy (DAP). The incumbent collaborates with Headquarters customers in planning, soliciting, awarding, administering, and closing out contracts.

The incumbent also orders supplies, equipment, and services to support Commercial, Architect-Engineering, and/or Construction requirements. The incumbent in this position reports to the Director, DAP."

I love the women’s clothing. It goes HARD 🔥 A lot of similarities between the Maya and northern relatives clothing

Greetings from the Pueblo Maya Mam 🪶

songs by him i liked are off spotify and all his social media has been deleted

For me, it's the dehydrated eggs. I recall waking up in my grandma's hogan, with my aunties rushing about, cooking and getting ready for the day. We ate fried potatoes and tortillas. Always, there was a skillet of scrambled eggs, rehydrated, dehydrated, commodity eggs. Breakfast was always rushed, for the sheep needed herding. What are your favorite commodity food memories?