Lee Miller driving Laverne & Curly Shirley; the last 2 living San San mares.
They are 19 and 17 years old now (2024).

Tate Wakan Winyan (2005, blaze, hind socks)       Wicanhpi Injanka (2007, strip, 4 socks)

Mato Akicita (Bear Warrior) in southern Iowa; the last living male San San horse.

"Rich Giago" <richgiago@icloud.com > Pine Ridge rez SD, 605-407-2828
"I live here on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. I'm not looking so much into selling horses or making profit from them but mainly for preservation of the old Lakota /Native Lines, reintroducing them back to our people, healing for our children that are hurting and lost, taking the horses on the annual Chief Bigfoot /Crazy Horse memorial rides and other rides we have throughout the year. We do traditional Lakota young men's and women's camps so I want to teach them about our relationship with the horse nations. Also I work at an all girls school and will like to incorporate the horse into the curriculum. One of my horses is a 2 yr old Mustang/Appy Grulla stud, a 3 yr old Mustang/Nakota Grulla mare, and a 1 year old blue roan mustang filly (Yvette said they are from Lakota lines but I am not sure exactly what lines)?. The 2 yr old Bay Curly filly is different then the rest. She's more docile and acts like will be a breeze to train. The grullas are a little more on the wild side."

"Dave Archambault II "<davearshambo@yahoo.com>
former chairman, Standing Rock rez ND
For Sale: grullo curly stallion, Akicita sica,
1/2 Nokota
1/4 Seekers Warrior
1/4 APHA

stallion is deceased (?)

Unicorns of the Horse World: The way a Spanish Curly Stockhorse is identified and defined is simply by its Spanish pedigree. It must be identified with a verifiable pedigree, and/ or registered by an existing Spanish Studbook Registry. These unique curly horses will also be checked to see whether they are hypoallergenic to people allergic to straight haired horses.

• Curly Colonial Spanish horses or mustangs
• Curly Sulphur Horses

Breeders:

• Andrea Mulnix <Andrea.Sue.Mulnix@gmail.com> Worden Montana
  Andrea pulled semen off her curly Spanish stallion before she gelded him.
• DH Cardenas <LimerockRanch@yahoo.com> California
• anyone else ??

Sacred Way Sanctuary (work only with followers that don't subscribe to mongrelized breeding practices of rare horses)

Hi Donna,
     I just read your post on the Bad Warrior/Berndt line. I am someone who is interested in being kept in the loop about this line (and any indigenous horse line). We have Berndt and Bad Warrior curlies here in Saskatchewan, my mother-in-law (Linda Moore - her FB name is Linda MHM -- I'll talk with her, as she has all our horses' genetic info.) has been involved/following this page for a while.
     My master's thesis is on the horse and human relationship specific to Indigenous horses. I am also on the board of directors for The Red Pony Stands Ojibwe Horse Sanctuary who are partners with the Native American Horse Trail and have been working on a few projects regarding equine assisted learning and indigenous horses.
     Anyways - I have interests in preserving this line although I'm a young mom who doesn't have the time to be actively breeding etc. However, like I said, I would love to be kept in the loop as there will come a time that I will. We also have some young mares that may be suitable for breeding/preserving the line if interested.
     Thanks! Just wanted to establish a connection??

Hello Kelsey,
     I was doing some email followup work today, and ran across a message I had saved from you, which, I BELIEVE I did answer, but, have not found it so... so I don't drop the ball, I am emailing you today to make sure.
     I have a number of friends on several reservations, in the Dakotas and Montana. We are attempting this year, to get a number of preservation herds going, in answer to the horse elders request on the Standing Rock Rez, and, in answer to promises I made to an old breeder decades ago...
     I want to tell you something, or caution you about something (VERY carefully) so as I don't make any waves, or, cause you or anyone at all, any grief. So here goes...
     The main lady in Alabama, that your Red Pony Sanctuary is affiliated with, etc., is a (I believe) probably a very nice lady, with good intentions, but with poor (actually potentially destructive) policies with her Sanctuaries. No one knows this more, than the Native Americans that have dealt with her.
     And, that is not uncommon with most rescues and sanctuaries, because, honestly, to be a successful, ordained sanctuary, and get the all-important entitlement to public donations or government sponsored funding, etc., they often are not set up, encouraged or at all rewarded to be true constructive projects, but, to only use the right words, and employ successful, professional grant-writing, etc. The horses usually just are not a genuine focus, nor well researched.
     The reality is, rare horses are actually rarely preserved in most sanctuaries. If any genuinely rare horses exist in these sanctuaries (which is doubtful, and probably not often, thankfully), they would be exposed to deterioration of their bloodlines, and subjected to sacrifice of their rare pedigrees, in the name of...  sentimental breeding policies and secretism, that preserve no rare horses at all, but blends any of them away into obliteration.
     And with her resources, if the Alabama family of Sanctuaries could / would do it right, they could help answer so many prayers.
     Anyway, as it is right now, we are working with genuine potential preservation project plans (wish us luck)... with the Lakota people and with some Crow guys too. Their horse elders asked them to try to save the old SanSan horse, if possible. It is what me and a few other breeders have been trying to do for over 30 years.
     If you ever want to discuss any of these issues and realities, you are SO welcome to text me or give me a call. We would love to have more participation, and would so gladly accept any support or promotions with you. It would be a privilege to speak with you some time.
"Kelsey Jae" <Kelsey.jae@live.ca>

10/30/2020 Kelsey.jae@live.ca
Hi Donna,
     I need to clarify that the Red Pony Stands Ojibwe Horse Sanctuary is NOT directly affiliated with Sacred Way Sanctuary (the one in Alabama), only through membership with the Native American Horse Trail (NAHT). I am aware of Sacred Way's unique approach to preservation, respect it, but we have very difference views. The Red Pony Stands is very intentional and careful about their breeding plans and tracking the DNA for LLCIP's.
     My personal interest is in preserving the Indigenous lines of curly horses, and of course implementing an Indigenous-based equine assisted education program with Indigenous horses.
Kelsey Moore