Managing and rehoming wild horses on tribal lands

There are thousands of wild horses on Native American reservations in the U.S.

As sovereign nations, tribal governments can choose how to manage those herds. On many reservations, tribal members can round up horses and do whatever they want with them, which can include sending them to slaughter.

But Allison Burke is trying to find homes for horses rounded up on the Spokane Reservation in Washington.

“I've just always seen the horse as my friend, my relative," says Burke, "and not as a thing that's here for my use or my enjoyment.”