To Honor & Respect the Nokota breed
We have changed our Affix to Sυɳ'ƙα Wαƙαɳ.
Like other Native American tribes, the Sioux (Oceti Sakowin) believe the animal nations are relatives. They feel a special spiritual bond exists among all living things. They view the horse as equal and sacred. The Lakota, Nakota, and Dakota people of the Seven Councils Fire (Očhéthi Šakówiŋ) often refer to horses as the “Horse Nation.” The Horse Nation represents the West and a connection to the spirit world. In the Lakota language, the horse is called šúŋka wakȟaŋ or “holy/mysterious dog”— a name that suggests its connection to the spiritual realm.
The history of the Nokota horse cannot be accurately told without writing about Chief Sitting Bull, the Hunkpapa Lakota (Sioux) resistance leader, and Lakota people. 1876 would be the year known among the Lakota as “The Year We Lost Our Horses” because although victorious in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, they would soon lose their horses to the United States Army. The Lakota treasured their Nokota horses and bred them based on the qualities and characteristics they saw that aligned with what they believed would produce a good horse.
