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Healing Through Horses
The Hunkpapa leader Sitting Bull was a star in Buffalo Bill?s Wild West Show in 1885. The horse he rode was trained to dance at the sound of gunshot. In 1890, Sitting Bull was killed outside his cabin by Indian agents. Legend has it that the horse danced and fell to the ground when Sitting Bull was assassinated. The legacy of Sitting Bull?s horses lives on today. Jon Eagle, Sr. has made it his life?s work to bring healing through horses. Eagle and his family started a breeding and equine therapy business called Becoming one with the Spirit of the Horse. Many are familiar with key fields in academia like Native American studies or ethnic studies, but what about other disciplines like oceania or Pacific Islands studies that allow studies to explore the cultural histories of the many Indigenous people in the Pacific Ocean? Thomas Manglona, Chamorro and a graduate from Stanford University's journalism program, just finished a 41-minute documentary, ?The Ocean is the School: Pacific Islanders Transforming Higher-ed'.
