APPALOOSA HORSE

ăpˌəlooˈsə, breed of light horse developed in the United States by the Nez Percé of Idaho from a horse that originated in Asia and was popular in Europe during the Middle Ages. Lewis and Clark found the breed in the possession of the Nez Percé in 1805. The Appaloosa is characterized by a spotted pattern of markings; it most commonly has solid-colored foreparts and small, dark, round or oval spots over the loin and hips. Famed for its intelligence, speed, stamina, and endurance, it is an outstanding stock and show horse of great popularity. It stands just over 14 hands (56 in./140 cm) and weighs about 1,100 lb (500 kg).

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books on: Appaloosa Horse  - 39 results

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The Horse in Blackfoot Indian Culture: With Comparative Material from Other Western Tribes
Book by John C. Ewers; U.S. Government Printing Office, 1955
Subjects: Horses, Siksika Indians
...AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY BULLETIN 159 THE HORSE IN BLACKFOOT INDIAN CULTURE With...transmit herewith a manuscript entitled "The Horse in Blackfoot Indian Culture, with Comparative...The acquisition of the horse 1 The...
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The Medieval Warhorse from Byzantium to the Crusades
Book by Ann Hyland; Combined Books, 1996
Subjects: Military History, Medieval, War Horses--Byzantine Empire--History, War Horses--Europe--History, War Horses--Middle East--History
...the high pommel the British Museum shows an Appaloosa horse with a saddle that conformed to its back, the...helmet with ear flaps and a long mail coat. The horse has a blanket Appaloosa marking on the hindquarters, which are branded...
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The Mustangs
Book by J. Frank Dobie, Dayton O. Hyde, Charles Banks. Wilson; University of Nebraska Press, 2005
Subjects: Mustang
...diminishes the strength and vigor of the Horse; he is therefore full of fire...strain of horses, known now as Appaloosas, took their name from the Palouse...paintings. Now an association of Appaloosa horse- breeders is perpetuating the...
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Structured Writing II: Using Inspiration Software to Teach Essay Development
Book by Kathleen Mcmurdo; International Society for Technology in Education, 2004
Subjects: English Language--Composition And Exercises, English Language--Rhetoric--Problems, Exercises, Etc, Essay--Authorship--Problems, Exercises, Etc, Report Writing--Problems, Exercises, Etc
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Team Spirits: The Native American Mascots Controversy
Book by C. Richard King, Charles Fruehling Springwood; University of Nebraska Press, 2001
Subjects: Indians As Mascots, Indians Of North America--Social Conditions--20th Century, Sports Team Mascots--Social Aspects--United States
...Herald , reports that the name came from the Chief mounting a horse and making a full run around the track every time the football...the basic stereotypes endure, the Chief no longer mounts his horse and runs the track after every touchdown, but this is due in...
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journal articles on: Appaloosa Horse  - 4 results

 
 
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Evoking the "Holy and the Horrible": Conversations with Joyce Carol Thomas
Journal article by Darwin L. Henderson, Anthony L. Manna; African American Review, Vol. 32, 1998
Subjects: African American authors--Interviews, African Americans--Literature, Thomas, Joyce Carol--Interviews
...rooted in my personal history. The Appaloosa horse Carl Lee adores in the novel also...Grandfather Haynes, bought a saddle horse, which was a bold move on his part...mule, but anybody buying a saddle horse was not thinking about picking cotton...
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Sanctuary: Native Border Crossings and the North American West
Journal article by Beth Ladow; American Review of Canadian Studies, 2001
Subjects: Canada--History, Canadian native peoples--Social aspects, Indigenous peoples-government relations, Little Bighorn, Battle of the, 1876--History, Native Americans, Native Americans--Government relations, United States--History
...valley onto a smaller reservation. A refined, honest, friendly people whose livelihood depended on salmon, buffalo, and their Appaloosa herds, they endured many deaths and grim prospects and when all that remained was one final dash across the border to sanctuary...
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Writing from a Sense of Place
Journal article by Paul Lindholdt; Journal of Environmental Education, Vol. 30, 1999
Subjects: Environmental Education
...Snake and Clearwater Rivers, both draining into the Columbia River and west to the Pacific Ocean. A breed of horse, the Appaloosa, was named for its origins on the Palouse, a fact she learned only after starting to study this place she had...
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The Nez Perce Water Rights Settlement and the Revolution in Indian Country
Journal article by Alexander Hays V.; Environmental Law, Vol. 36, 2006
Subjects: Compromise and settlement--Laws, regulations and rules, Nez Perce Tribe v. Idaho Power Co.--847 F. Supp. 791 (D. Idaho 1994), Settlements (Law)--Laws, regulations and rules, Sovereignty--Laws, regulations and rules, Water rights--Laws, regulations and rules
...Perce into sedentary lifestyles prior to introduction of the horse in the 1700s. (40) These locations also afforded the Tribe...tribal steambath rituals (41) and permitted many villages to run Appaloosa herds numbering in the thousands. (42) And the waters, unadulterated...


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magazine articles on: Appaloosa Horse  - 4 results

 
 
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Ann-Sofi Siden: Galeria Pepe Cobo
Magazine article by Juan Vicente Aliaga; Artforum International, Vol. 42, Summer 2004
Subjects: Siden, Ann-Sofi--Criticism and interpretation, Siden, Ann-Sofi--Exhibitions, Video art--Criticism and interpretation, Video art--Exhibitions
...where the Indian population is practically invisible, the artist has chosen to ride a neutered fifteen-year-old Appaloosa, a breed of horse used by the Nez Perce Indians since the eighteenth century. Cocky and controlling as she rides, the artist...
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Cowboyography: How the Songwriter and Singer Ian Tyson Has Remade Cowboy Music
Magazine article by Jane Stern, Michael Stern; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 275, May 1995
Subjects: Country singers--Biography, Elko, Nevada--Fairs and festivals, Tyson, Ian--Biography
...poems, strumming melodies, debating the virtues and vices of Appaloosa horses-and then charging back at the song. At one point the...breaks the disheartened silence: "Lets just saddle another horse and get back to work." By midday weve got it: two verses and...
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Sapatq'ayn: Art of the Nez Perce Nation
Magazine article by Bob Loeffelbein; World and I, Vol. 14, August 1999
...as incorporated into clothing, baskets, horse tack, decorations, and personal adornments...In 1997 he won the forty-seventh annual Appaloosa Magazine Art Cover Competition for a work...animal-hide clothing, highly decorated horse tack, and a variety of ornamentals are...
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Transcontinental Trek: Two Hundred Years Ago This Month, the Lewis and Clark Expedition Reached the Pacific Ocean, Having Trekked across What Is Now the United States
Magazine article by Roger D. Mcgrath; The New American, Vol. 21, November 14, 2005
Subjects: Autonomy (Political science)--History, Autonomy--History, Charbonneau, Toussaint--History, Charbonneau, Toussaint--Political activity, Colonists--History, Colonists--Political activity, Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806--History, National liberation movements--History, United States--History
...Sacagaweas time the Northern Shoshone had adopted the horse and the horse culture, living a semi-nomadic existence in eastern Idaho and...herds of fine horses and had developed their own breed, the Appaloosa, making them the only Indians in what is today the United States...


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newspaper articles on: Appaloosa Horse  - 27 results

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Horse Racing: ALL GEE-D UP; SHOWJUMPIMG Trio Riding out in NEC Showcase
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), October 2, 2007
Subjects: Horse racing, Horse-racing
...favourites this time on her top ride, the appaloosa mare Spot the Lady. Pippa has also qualified...Festival and at the Royal International Horse Show in July. She has qualified the mares...National Eighteen and Strawberry Fair III, a Horse of the Year Show winner back in 2003 with...
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Horse Racing: Pippa Given a Chance to Shine in Germany; HORSEBOX
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), July 7, 2007
Subjects: Horse racing, Horse-racing
Horse Racing: Pippa Given a Chance to Shine in Germany; HORSEBOX. Byline: By Neil B Jones FOLLOWING the show jumping results...Pony Squad members selected to travel to the Pony European Championships is North-Easts Pippa Allen, riding her fathers appaloosa mare, Spot The Lady. The Stockton on Tees-based rider is used to the limelight having recently appeared on Blue Peter...
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Girls Get a Chance to Horse Around
Newspaper article; Sarasota Herald Tribune, June 30, 2005
...horses are beautiful and well-managed, and safety is No. 1 with them." The Char-O-Lot Ranch is home to top Appaloosa and quarter horse breeding stallions. More than 125 horses are kept on 60 acres of fenced paddocks. The girls will spend at...
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Paul's New York Wake for Linda
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), June 24, 1998
Subjects: McCartney, Paul, New York
...months ago, aged 56. And as a tribute to Lindas devotion to animals and her years of campaigning for them, a single Appaloosa horse was led through the flower- filled chapel. The star-studded congregation included musicians Paul Simon and Chrissie...
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Bald Is Beautiful St. Baldrick's Event Raises Money for Childhood Cancer Research
Newspaper article by Lindsey Willhite; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 11, 2006
...head. "Make sure you wear a hat," he said. "If youre in the sun, that scalp will burn up so fast youll look like an appaloosa horse when it starts peeling." Here are some recommendations for those who are newly bald after Thursday nights St. Baldricks...
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encyclopedia articles on: Appaloosa Horse  - 4 results

 
 
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Appaloosa Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
APPALOOSA HORSE ap loo s , breed of light horse...States by the Nez Perce of Idaho from a horse that originated in Asia and was popular...possession of the Nez Perce in 1805. The Appaloosa is characterized by a spotted pattern of...
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Light Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...according to training, e.g., racers, trotters, riding horses, and cow horses. See also pony , American saddlebred horse , Appaloosa , Morgan , palomino , Pinto , quarter horse , and Standardbred . ____________________ The Columbia...
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Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...known for its easy gaits; the Morgan and the quarter horse , favored for riding and cow herding; and the Standardbred , or trotter, developed for light harness racing. The Appaloosa and the Pinto , much used in cow herding, are distinguished...
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Nez PercÉ
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...gathering camas, cowish, and other roots. After the introduction of the horse (c.1700) they became noted horse breeders, particularly of the Appaloosa , and they adopted many Plains area traits, including buffalo hunts. In 1805, when visited by Lewis...


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