Absaroke

Unofficial Herd: Mustang Animal Friend: Grouse Introduced in: Native Lights Stable Code: 21769004

Appearance
Absaroke has a playful appearance. She is a brown and white piebald filly. Her mane is pulled into various braids, some with beads, tassels, and feathers. On her withers, there is a small blue painted symbol in the shape of a circle with a dot in the middle, and four sets of three lines going outward at the cardinal directions. She has two white lines painted on her cheek as well.

Tribe
The tribe Absaroke, which this steed is based on, is located in the Western U.S. at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in present-day Montana.Their name is derived from the language of their sister tribe, the Hidatsa, and means “people of the large-beaked bird.”The Absarokes are more commonly known as the Crow Nation. About the TribeThe Crow used horses to hunt buffalo, and did not farm other than to raise tobacco. They cultivated two kinds of tobacco—medicine tobacco used in ceremonies and everyday tobacco.In the 19th Century, the Crow allied with the United States, and fought on the side of the U.S. in various conflicts against the Cheyenne, Arapahos and Sioux. Today, the Crow Nation has the largest reservation in the state of Montana, 1.5 million acres.

Inspirational Message
"Dancing keeps you in touch with your body and its energy."