For Native Americans, " the Horse is our first medicine ". The horse is a sacred being for the _cc781905-5cde -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_Native American peoples. It is "good medicine", as in this documentary by Jackson Tisi filmed on the Wind River reservation, among the Arapaho of the North. 

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There are more than 50,000 wild horses in the natural territories of the Southwest of the United States, in Northern Arizona, New Mexico, and in the Rocky Mountains in Idaho, Montana and Dakota..

On the high plateau of Colorado, traditional Navajo, Hopi and Apache territories,   drought conditions and winter cold and snow create extreme conditions for the many herds of wild horses. The United States federal government has passed a law allowing the capture of wild or stray horses, on the fallacious grounds that they "exhaust natural resources "...In reality, it is the large cattle ranchers who are expanding their land, responding to the market demand and financial speculation.   In 2013, a Navajo Tribal Government law was passed that allows wild horses to be captured or killed in Navajo territory.  Navajo authorities officially acknowledge "having a problem with wild horses" ...  In 2019, this law was implemented action with the issuance of hunting licenses for wild horses, at the cost of $50. This law is contrary to traditional Navajo teachings where the horse is a sacred being. It gave rise to a unanimous protest from traditional Medicine-Persons.  The Medicine Men and Women oppose the implementation of laws aimed at the suppression of wild horse herds on traditional reserve lands. They offer other solutions, solutions that are more humane and more connected to traditional Navajo knowledge, but also more expensive . horse food.

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WILD HORSE SANCTUARIES initiatives such as " Return to Freedom " created by Neda DeMayo in California, help save wild horses and, where possible, provide them with living space. Other projects come from Amerindian nations, among the Diné (Navajo), the Apache, the Nez Percé, or the Lakota nations around the Black Hills.

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Would you like to join us to concretely help wild horses? We organize association action days, in France and abroad, where your contribution will have a real impact for wild horses and their natural living spaces, whether you give a little or a lot. Any donation is welcome. 
 

We also organize information and discussion webinars. Some are organized in collaboration with the Arts of Being Association in Etampes   and the Peuple Cheval Research Group.

You can find us on the association's Facebook page ,   or give directly to local stakeholders, without intermediaries,   on these links below:

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