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Ojibwe Horses returned to Lac La Croix First Nation in 2018. The last four mares of the breed were rescued from there in 1977 and driven across the ice road to Minnesota. This picture was taken at the Pow-Wow grounds of Lac La Croix, where horses once again roam at will.
Ojibwe Horse Oshki Aadizookaan (Ojibwe for "New Legend", LLC245) at the 2019 Indigenous Peoples' Day Celebration in Orangeville, Ontario. Photo courtesy Joanne La Mere-Boone.
Ojibwe Horse Oshki Aadizookaan (Ojibwe for "New Legend", LLC245) at the 2019 Indigenous Peoples' Day Celebration in Orangeville, Ontario. Photo courtesy Joanne La Mere-Boone.
Ojibwe Horse Bidaaben (Ojibwe for "Sunrise") placed highest overall in the large pony division at the 2010 Wild Rose Horse Trials. Melany Moore is shown here driving Sunrise through the Cones trial after dressage.
Melany Moore driving Ojibwe Horse Bidaaben (Ojibwe for "Sunrise") on a BP Voiture sleigh. As Canada's only Indigenous-developed breed, these horses excel at winter activities.
A friendly breed by nature, Ojibwe Horses are ideally suited to Equine Assisted Learning activities.
Ojibwe Horse Asemaa Ikwe (Ojibwe for "Medicine Plant Woman"). At three years old, she is already calm and easy-going enough to be used for beginner riding lessons.
Ojibwe Horses are traditional spirit animals to the Ojibwe people. Pictured: Norman Jordan from Lac La Croix First Nation, Darcy Whitecrow of Grey Raven Ranch, and Ojibwe Horse, Chase.
Ojibwe Horse Moshkaossi (LLC129) eventing. Photo: Gwyneth Freeman
Melany Moore driving Ojibwe Horse Bidaaben (Ojibwe for "Sunrise").
At Abbey Gardens in Haliburton, Ontario, Ojibwe Horses are used in Equine Assisted Learning programs.
Ojibwe Horses are once again at liberty in Lac La Croix First Nation.
A herd of Ojibwe Horses. Photo courtesy Rhonda Snow.
Ojibwe Horses are once again at liberty in Lac La Croix First Nation.
Ojibwe Horses were traditionally used by Ojibwe people for many activities. Tom Ottertail is moving ice blocks in this 1934 photo.
In 1977, the remaining four mares were rescued and taken across Lac La Croix from Canada into the United States. The youngest of these mares, Lillian, belonged to Angus Oshawa Sr. This photo was taken in the bush just prior to the rescue with Randy Olson, Felix Isham, and Romain Isham.
The remaining four Ojibwe Horse mares were bred to registered Spanish Mustang stallion Smokey (SMR169).

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