WRITTEN BY ERIKA SHULTZ / ASSOCIATED PRESS Source article >> WHITE SWAN, Wash. (AP) — Teams from around the Northwest, including Washington and Oregon, took part this weekend in the 18th annual Heemsah Memorial Wild Horse Race at the White Swan rodeo grounds on the Yakama Nation. Leon "Stinky" Heemsah, a Yakama-enrolled cowboy, started the… Continue reading Yakama cowboys maintain wild horse race tradition
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Wild Horses: After the Gathers
By VIVIAN GRANT Wild horses are meant to be in the wild. A majority of wild horse advocates focus on preserving our wild horses and burros in their natural environments or giving them sanctuary. They work to stop the gathers, or round ups. If most had their way, wild horses and burros held by the… Continue reading Wild Horses: After the Gathers
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