Horses
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Economics, Social Science
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Animals, Endangered Species, Zoology
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Mexico, Canada, California, Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Wyoming, Nebraska
Article abstract: From the seventeenth century onward, the horse was an important aspect of many, if not most, North American Indian societies; it was most dominant in the lives of the Plains Indians
On his second voyage to the New World in 1493, Christopher Columbus imported the first horses to America. The settlement of Santo Domingo in Hispaniola became the horse-breeding center of the Caribbean islands. Subsequently, horse rancherías, both royal and private, were established in Cuba, Jamaica and other islands. When Hernán Cortés left Havana for the...
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