#ive been crying about the Palouse breed's death for a whole week sorry.

[mayriecate]

The slaughter of the Palouse horse by the US government makes me so mad every time I think about it. What do you mean the Nimíipuu people of the Pacific Northwest region were given horses, and quickly became some of the most dedicated and best horse breeders of the area. What do you mean their horses were so amazing in build and conformation that Meriwether Lewis, who was THE LEWIS IN THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION, had to make an entire entry in his diary about how great and cool the horses they had were. What do you mean they began to see spots in an otherwise whole colored horse. What do you mean they started to breed these horses to spotted coat colors. What do you mean the fucking US cavalry shot half the population of their horses. What do you mean the rest were sent to go with the rest of the Nimíipuu onto a reservation and forced to breed with draft horses. What do you mean the few that escaped found mustangs and bred with them to stay alive. What do you mean that all we have now are the ancestors of a horse that was amazing in body, build, mind, and color was forcefully eradicated because they were labeled as 'Native breed.' what do you mean they were killed out of racism. All we have left are Appaloosas.