Yakama

Appearance
Yakama has a mysterious appearance, with completely white eyes. They have a black mane and tail, with long white decorative strips behind their ears ad small blue strips in their hair. They have a yellow coat, with dark blue paint on their flanks in the shape of elk hoofprints, and three blue stripes running down their face in the same paint. They also have a small circular icon on their front left knee.

Personality
Yakama is a slow-moving horse. They are not afraid to set their own pace if they know it will help them achieve their goals.

Elk
Yakama has a special connection to the elk.

The Name Game
"The tribe this steed is based on is located in Washington State, near the Yakima River. They were encountered by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

''Historically, the Yakama Nation comprised 14 different tribes and bands living along the Yakima River, a tributary of the Columbia River. They fished for salmon, steelhead and sturgeon. They also gathered huckleberries, roots, and chokecherries. They were members of a widespread trading network, and traded for horses, dogs, baskets, textiles and other tools and necessaries.''

''Today the Yakama Nation has a reservation along the Yakima River in Washington State. They operate several successful business enterprises. A notable Yakama tribal member is Elyse Umemoto, Miss Washington 2007-2008 and who won 2nd place in the Miss America 2008 pageant."''

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