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National Geographic Magazine - The Oglala-Sioux Nation
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Young Lakota rider with family horses. The Painted Horse was the Lakota's selling horse and over time became associated with the Lakota and many other Indian nations. Today there is an effort to rejuvenate the role of the horse in Lakota society, though this has been made more difficult by the recent devaluing of such horses because of closures of slaughter houses in many States. Nevertheless, the Indian Painted Horse remains an integral part of the idea of the Lakota Nation.

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Young Lakota rider with family horses. The Painted Horse was the Lakota's selling horse and over time became associated with the Lakota and many other Indian nations. Today there is an effort to rejuvenate the role of the horse in Lakota society, though this has been made more difficult by the recent devaluing of such horses because of closures of slaughter houses in many States. Nevertheless, the Indian Painted Horse remains an integral part of the idea of the Lakota Nation.