domestic animals

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Native American horsemanship

Details the significance of the arrival of horses from Europe on Native American's lives and culture and explains how they made use of these creatures when hunting, carrying items, or going to war. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.

The reindeer people

living with animals and spirits in Siberia
2005
Traces the history of the Eveny people in northeast Siberia, focusing on how the culture's social relationships are formed through an intense partnership with reindeer as they migrate over the swamps, ice sheets, and mountain peaks that make up the world's coldest inhabited region.

Out of the saddle

Native American horsemanship
1998
Describes how the Native American rider communicates with his horse while riding, on the ground, or out of the saddle. Includes exercises for building a strong relationship with your horse.

Native American horsemanship

2003
An examination of Native American life, discussing the introduction of the horse to Native Americans by the Spanish in the sixteenth century, and considering its impact on the tribes. Includes a chronology and glossary.

The horses the Indians rode

1974
Text and illustrations describe the arrival of horses in the New World and how they changed the lives of the Indians, especially those living on the grasslands between the Mississippi and the Rockies.

After Columbus

the horse's return to America
1992
Discusses the reintroduction of the horse by Columbus, after its having been extinct in North America for 8500 years, and how that animal changed forever the lives of North Americans.
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