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Summer 2010 Nokota Colt Starting Clinic
The Nokota Experience Observation and Application Clinic with Jack Lieser and Aaron England, July 29 - August 2, 2010
Spend five days on the beautiful North Dakota prairies with the Nokota horse herds in their natural environment. The first two days of the clinic you will observe the different herds in their pastures and a round up of the horses. During the application phase of the clinic you will work with the Nokota’s getting them haltered, gentled and prepared for riding.
There will be a Native American speaker discussing the history of the Nokota Horse, cowboy poetry reading and a chuck wagon serving delicious food. Evenings will be spent around the campfire out on the open prairie among the Nokota horses! Aaron & Jack are donating their time leading this clinic to help the Nokota horse! All proceeds from the clinic will be donated for the care & preservation of the Nokota horses!
Clinic cost for the full 5 days is $1,100, Observation only $600.00. Both include one lunch a day and one dinner the last night. There will be an on-site Chuck wagon that will be serving all meals. For information on accommodations and all questions please contact Sarah Lieser at 979-203-9000, email
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or contact Riva England at 325-948-3456, email
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To register go to www.jacklieser.com.
NY State 2010 Horse Breeders Show
Nokotas win Hearts and Ribbons at the New York State Horse Breeders May2010 Show
The New YorkState Horse Breeders Association voted to recognize the Nokota breed andinclude them in their annual breed show in May 2010.Thanks to the efforts of Leigh Garber and Cazabu Farms ofCazenovia, New York, Nokotas would finally have the chance to compete againsteach other and be judged stricitly on the merits of their unique breed.
In June and July, mares and foals went out to pasture. A few go by trailer to the river pasture – 300 acres on the Missouri River – and others go to pastures belonging to Leo Kuntz or rented from local landowners.
Horses going to pasture within a few miles of the ranches are moved on foot down gravel roads. They will spend the summer on grass, and be moved back in the fall. While it happens every year, moving horses is always fun, a little exciting, and wonderful viewing.
The Nokota Horse Conservancy’s 12th annual Board of Directors meeting on Saturday, June 19, drew visitors from across the country to Linton for a weekend of activities.
The Conservancy was founded to protect, promote and preserve the Nokota breed, descendants of Lakota Sioux ponies crossbred with Thoroughbreds, Percherons, and other ranch stock in Western North Dakota at the end of the 19th century. For most of those who visit Linton in connection with the Nokotas, however, the main attraction is the opportunity to observe bands of horses in a near-natural state.
Summer is high visitor season, as well. The Annual Meeting always brings people to Linton from all over; this year we even welcomed friends from France and Sweden, in addition to people from throughout the United States. As the summer has unfolded, we’ve continued to see old and new Nokota owners.
But what’s made the summer really memorable has been an extraordinary influx of professional trainers.
Sam Brown, a trainer from Pennsylvania, stopped in Linton on his way to Wyoming with his horse and spent a couple of weeks working with young stock.
The NHC was represented at the 40th Annual International Powwow in Bismarck, North Dakota, September 10-13, 2009. One of the largest powwows in North America, this was an opportunity to help reconnect Native Americans, particularly those of the Northern Plains, with their horse culture.
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