out of the earth / I sing for them A Horse nation / I sing for
them out of the earth / I sing for them, the animals / I sing
for them. ~a song by the Teton Sioux Emil Her Many Horses is, by
first appearance, a quiet, unassuming gentleman. A museum
specialist in the office of Museum Programs at the Smithsonian’s
National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), he is responsible
for the facility’s latest exhibition “A Song for the Horse
Nation.” A member of the Ogala Lakota nation of South Dakota,
his expertise on the Northern and Southern Plains cultures is
well served and seen in the exhibit that opens to the public
tomorrow. NMAI’s latest offering is a touching and brilliant
display of how the horse has deeply impacted and affected Native
cultures since their introduction to the Americas in the 17th
century. “The exhibit tells the history of the horse; that they
were here once before, migrated to Europe, and returned as the
horse we know today,” explained Her Many Horses. “They changed
Native culture. The hors