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  - 42 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, 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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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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The Role of the Romanies: Images and 'Counter-Images' of Gypsies
Book by Nicholas Saul, Susan Tebbutt; Liverpool University Press, 2000
...an untrustworthy half-breed, born in a horse-drawn caravan in Ireland, raised and educated...religious refugees, genuine pilgrims, acrobats, horse-traders and bogus pilgrims, of which the...Bulgaria in the company of a band of Gypsy horse-dealers and subsequently published With...
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journal articles on: Appaloosa Horse  - 5 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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Composite Indigenous Genres: Cheyenne Ledger Art as Literature
Journal article by Denise Low; Studies in American Indian Literatures, Vol. 18, 2006
Subjects: Cheyenne Tribe, English language, History, Native North Americans, Native literature, Oral tradition, Sovereignty
...ledger book 130-31 ). Coloring shows if the horse is bay, roan, chestnut, sorrel, appaloosa, spotted, white or gray. Some horses are colored...87,120,127,180,181). Loose manes indicate the horse and rider were surprised or ambushed. Enemies...
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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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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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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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magazine articles on: Appaloosa Horse  - 7 results

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Biotech Horsekeepers
Magazine article by Kerry Grens; The Scientist, Vol. 21, April 2007
Subjects: Biotechnology industry, Breach of contract, Cities, Horses
...developed antitoxin to diphtheria. Horse serum produced the best highest...early 1980s, a trouble-making appaloosa named Billy knocked down the...placements cost about $450 per horse per month. For now, the fate...came right up to you. Im not a horse person like some people are...
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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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An Offer You Can't Refuse: The Glamour Gets Scrubbed off the Mob in This Italian Drama
Magazine article by Ryan Gilbey; New Statesman, Vol. 137, October 13, 2008
Subjects: Gomorrah (Motion picture)--Movie reviews, Motion pictures--Movie reviews
...Nostra, proves that there is more than one way to decapitate a horse. Im speaking metaphorically: the days when organised criminals...High-school basketball documentary, directed by a Beastie Boy. Appaloosa (15) dir: Ed Harris Reflective western with Harris, Viggo Mortensen...
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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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newspaper articles on: Appaloosa Horse  - 34 results

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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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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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Kate Pictured in a Pickle ... Again; (1) Clothes Horse: Designer Stella McCartney (2) Snack Break: Mary McCartney's Informal Shot Shows Kate Moss as "The Fashion Goddess and Just a Girl from Croydon"
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 6, 2008
Subjects: Clothing, Clothing and dress, Snack foods
...somewhat precariously on the back of an Appaloosa horse. The image is particularly poignant because...the American breed and co-wrote the song Appaloosa Love with her husband Sir Paul. An Appaloosa even performed at her memorial service in...
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Horror Fall Now a Distant Memory; Chrissy Overcomes Her Fears to Get {Lsquo}back on the Horse'
Newspaper article; The NewsMail (Bundaberg, Australia), May 19, 2009
Subjects: Horses
...weekend, and we were watching horses do the same thing that horse did, four legs in the air and just bucking, it was scary to...comeback was highlighted by 11 first-place ribbons at Bundabergs Appaloosa Club meet last week, while she rode into placings at the Biloela...
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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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encyclopedia articles on: Appaloosa Horse  - 4 results

 
 
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Appaloosa Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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, 2009
...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 . ____________________ Copyright 2009...
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Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...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, 2009
...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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