Absaroke

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.

Personality
Absaroke is energetic and light-hearted, much preferring to spend her days dancing with her friends and animal companions over working.

The Name Game
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 Absaroke are more commonly known as the Crow Nation.

Absaroke 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.

Grouse
Absaroke has a special connection with grouses, possibly admiring the males' expressive mating dances as dancing is her passion.

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

Italian: "Ballare mantiene il contatto tra te, il tuo corpo, e la tua energia."

French: "Danse pour rester en harmonie avec ton corps et ton énergie."