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An exhibition about horses in Native American cultures takes a sweeping look at the ways in which Native peoples, past and present, regard horses and horsemanship. Learn how the horse transformed Native approaches to the hunt, warfare, travel, and trade. With illustrated overviews on a host of related topics, including the reintroduction of the horse to the American continent with the arrival of Columbus and the role of the horse among Plains Indians in the nineteenth century.
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exchange of horses, american indian culture, american indian identity, american indian society, columbian exchange, national museum of the american indian: song for the horse nation, native american identity, native american society, native culture, plains indians, plains culture, smithsonian, smithsonian institute, native american cultural background
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- Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)