THE DAKOTA NATION UNITY RIDE:
5000 MILES ON HORSEBACK FROM MANITOBA TO NEW YORK CITY JULY 27 - AUG 17TH 2013
"A RIDE FOR HEALING...FOR EVERY NATION...FOR ALL MANKIND"
5-25-13
BY Deborah LaVallie
The Dakota Nation Unity ride will begin a 5,000 mile trek on horseback on July 27th in Manitoba, ending their ride in New York City on August 17th. The purpose of the ride is for healing every nation of mankind.
Gus High Eagle and his well known horse Rudy, along with family and friends started the annual 'unity' rides traveling to areas such as Wounded Knee (SD), the Black Hills, and last summer in the 'Many Sitting Eagles Ride', riding from his home in Pipestone, Manitoba to the Turtle Mountains and Fort Berthold reservations in North Dakota, commemorating the War of 1812. Gus and his wife Emily who crafted their traditional beaded regalia, are Canupawakpa Dakota and began the annual rides as a way to get young people involved and is all about tribal nations getting together in 'unity'...for the future.
Their ‘Unity’ ride last summer was a Memorial, commemorating
200 years since the War of 1812, when ‘Seven Nations’, the Dakota,
Ojibway/Chippewa, Assiniboine, Cree, Hidatsa and Mandan Nations defended and
held the ‘line’ of American expansion and aggression holding the ‘Mandan Trail’ open from
what is now Canada, all the way south to the Mandan lodges, in what is now the
Fort Berthold reservation. The ‘Many
Sitting Eagle’ Chiefs’ traditional leadership of the seven tribal nations,
defended their camps and people in 'unity' while their warriors were away fighting the War
of 1812, allied with the British troops. The war ended in the eventual loss of their Homelands. The ride was to honor the memory and 'unity' of the seven tribes at that time.
For further information about the Unity Ride, contact Gus High Eagle: 204-854-2584
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