FLORENCE-The Florence-Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau will host a special Sacred Way Horse Sanctuary presentation with the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area on Saturday, December 2 at 11:00 a.m. The event is free to the public and will serve as an educational and interactive presentation about the Horse Sanctuary and Interpretive Center and Museum. The presentation will be held in the Florence-Lauderdale Tourism Visitor Center Gallery.
The Sacred Way Horse Sanctuary is located in Florence, AL. They are a research, education, and preservation facility that is home to a herd of more than 100 Indigenous Native American horses. Their mission is to educate the world on the true history of the horse and its relationship with the Indigenous people. Sacred Way facilitates the horses’ return to the Native communities. According to Dr. Yvette Running Horse Collins, Indigenous horses have a healing quality. The majority of their fouls are “medicine horses,” meaning they have a strong capacity to help others heal. Each horse has a record of their tribal lineage, birth date, and “family history” as part of a PhD research project to prove Indigenous horses are, indeed, Indigenous.
Sacred Way Sanctuary’s Interpretive Center and Museum offers a journey through the history of the horse in the Americas as well as their relationship with the Native Peoples. The story-line is based on cutting-edge academic research by founder, Dr. Yvette Running Horse Collins, and is used in conjunction with Native knowledge to provide a well-rounded education for their visitors. The Interpretive Center and Museum begins in the last Ice Age period into the time when the Spanish and Portuguese conquistadors first stepped into the Americas. With the help of the Governing Council of Traditional Knowledge Bearers and Scholars, the interpretive center has provided and updated, complete, and accurate history of the Indigenous people while ensuring all items are cared for in a sacred manner and respectfully displayed.
For more information, please call Florence-Lauderdale Tourism at 256-740-4141.
on Saturday, December 2 at 11:00 a.m. The event is free to the public and will serve as an educational and interactive presentation about the Horse Sanctuary and Interpretive Center and Museum. The presentation will be held in the Florence-Lauderdale Tourism Visitor Center Gallery.
The Sacred Way Horse Sanctuary is located in Florence, AL. They are a research, education, and preservation facility that is home to a herd of more than 100 Indigenous Native American horses. Their mission is to educate the world on the true history of the horse and its relationship with the Indigenous people. Sacred Way facilitates the horses’ return to the Native communities. According to Dr. Yvette Running Horse Collins, Indigenous horses have a healing quality. The majority of their fouls are “medicine horses,” meaning they have a strong capacity to help others heal. Each horse has a record of their tribal lineage, birth date, and “family history” as part of a PhD research project to prove Indigenous horses are, indeed, Indigenous.
Sacred Way Sanctuary’s Interpretive Center and Museum offers a journey through the history of the horse in the Americas as well as their relationship with the Native Peoples. The story-line is based on cutting-edge academic research by founder, Dr. Yvette Running Horse Collins, and is used in conjunction with Native knowledge to provide a well-rounded education for their visitors. The Interpretive Center and Museum begins in the last Ice Age period into the time when the Spanish and Portuguese conquistadors first stepped into the Americas. With the help of the Governing Council of Traditional Knowledge Bearers and Scholars, the interpretive center has provided and updated, complete, and accurate history of the Indigenous people while ensuring all items are cared for in a sacred manner and respectfully displayed.
For more information, please call Florence-Lauderdale Tourism at 256-740-4141.
MediaRelease/Randa Simpson
Manager, Media Relations
Florence/Lauderdale Tourism
