MORE THAN AN ENDURANCE RIDE . . .
working for the revival of the Great Horse Culture of the Lakota
"Ponies for the Lakota Children 2007"
Laurie & Laurie and Leslie a top Flying Masquerade and Nosferatu
Chief Big Foot Memorial Ride 2006 . . .
Accepting the great honor of an invitation from the Lakota, December 18th 2006, Laurie and Leslie embark with Flying Nosferatu, Flying Masquerade, and Flying Bandalore to join the 20th Anniversary Chief Big Foot Memorial Ride from Bridger, SD to Pine Ridge Reservation ending at a ceremonial gathering of the Lakota at the site of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre. With 130 to 160 riders, a huge portion were youth.
The ride retraced the trail taken by Chief Big Foot and his band in the winter of 1890 that ended in the Wounded Knee Massacre.
Pine Ridge Badlands,
More than a memorial tribute, the ride traverses South Dakota, and is viewed by the Lakota as a strong symbolic ride that revives their cultural spirit and instills in the youth a new respect for their cultural identity as Native people.
Leslie, Nosferatu (Jet), and Bandalore --New Years Eve 2006 Badlands, SD
On this trip, Laurie and Leslie began preparations for the launch of . . . Ponies for the Lakota Children 2007. Donations (cash and anything horse related) and sponsorships are wanted and welcomed to provide support for the ponies (and their Lakota children) to be donated by Flying Leap Farm.
- ~Laurie & Leslie have selected several ponies all sired by USEF Grand National Champion Horse of the Year Shenandoah Gamekeeper from their herd of Welsh and Half-Welsh Ponies. One awaiting assignment is Flying Jumanji who can be seen by clicking on Trained Small Ponies 2 on the drop-down menu.
- ~Several respected tribal leaders are in the process of promoting the program on Cheyenne River Reservation and Pine Ridge Reservation.
- ~The LLC, Limited Liability Corporation, under which umbrella this program will rest is in the works of being set up. Once that is in place and the federal approval granted, donations to the program will be tax deductible.
- ~TheSportPony.com/catalog is being prepped to accept donations and to benefit Lakota children.
Join us in bringing ponies to the children of the Great Horse Culture of the Lakota.
To learn more about Chief Big Foot and the People go to http://www.woundedkneemuseum.org or click on the eagle feather.
