The gift of the Sacred Dog is a book written by Paul Noble, one of his many that sing of the Native Americans, or The People.
How the horse came to
the New World is fairly well documented.
Spanish and French explorers shipped them over early on in their
conquest of the New World.
Some horses
either escaped or were left behind.
These horses became the mustangs, the wild horses that filled the plains
and dominated history for the Native Americans.
But, questions niggle at my brain: what did the indigenous tribes think about the horse? Did they realize what the horse would give them? Did they view the horse as an extension of the Spanish, as an animal to serve them, or what??
The book, Gift of
the Sacred Dog, grants the reader a better answer about the horse.
Horses by Picasso
The horse benefited
the Native Americans, allowing them to survive and prosper. At least for a while, anyway.
This celebrates the beauty, nobility, and power of the horse, one of God’s
creatures. This praises the strength and resilience of the People who honored such creation.
