A brave warrior astride a swift steed thunders across the plain, accompanied by wild mustangs perhaps yet to be tamed. Similar vivid images were painted on buffalo hides by Plains Indians in the 1800s. Our Celebrate the Horse blanket is based on a design from the Blackfoot tribe, expert horsemen who called the animal "elk-horse" for its great size. The arrival of the horse, brought to the Americas by sixteenth-century Spanish Conquistadors, changed forever the culture of Native Americans.

Trading among tribes, herding sheep and hunting buffalo, following migrating game, even protecting territories became dependent on the horse for many Native Americans. Eventually Sioux, Cayuse, Nex Perce, Crow, Comanche, Cheyenne, Kiowa and other tribes were horse-based societies and cultures. Our Celebrate the Horse Blanket has a ultrasuede patch with the story behind this design.

82% virgin wool/ 18% cotton. Made in the USA, 64" x 80".