While the boys work with the horses, Dr. John Spence, an elder and consultant to NARA NW, tells them, “You’re getting in tune with another spirit.” (Elyse Wild/Native News Online) While the boys work ...
(The Hill) — Native American communities rode, cared for and lived alongside horses nearly a century earlier than European records suggest, a new study has found. The study, published in the journal ...
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John Spence assists a rider with the stirrups on a saddle during a demonstration of Native equine therapy at powwow grounds in the Grand Ronde Valley. (Elyse Wild/Native News Online) BEAVERTON, Ore. — ...
This story was originally published on Native News Online and produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. On a hot July morning in Beaverton, Dr. John Spence stands outside ...
John Spence, a Native elder and a citizen of the Gros Ventre tribe, teaches at-risk youth at NARA NW the values of Native horsemanship during their equine therapy session at Forward Strides Ranch in ...