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Archaeology and genomics together with Indigenous knowledge revise the human-horse story in the American West

  • Written by William Taylor, Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology, University of Colorado Boulder
Archaeology and genomics together with Indigenous knowledge revise the human-horse story in the American WestHorses are an active part of life for the Lakota and many other Plains nations today.Jacquelyn Córdova/Northern Vision Productions

Few places in the world are more closely linked with horses in the popular imagination than the Great Plains of North America. Romanticized stories of cowboys and the Wild West figure prominently in popular...

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