For centuries, horses have been sacred partners to Great Plains Native nations. Today, many are suffering — not from lack of love, but from lack of access to care.
Brooke USA is launching the Native American Equine Welfare Initiative to bring immediate hoof care, veterinary services, and farrier training to reservations across Montana and North and South Dakota — including communities of the Oglala Lakota, Crow Nation, Northern Cheyenne Nation, and families at Standing Rock Reservation.
The Challenge
Poverty rates on reservations can be double off reservation rates.
High unemployment limits opportunity.
Transportation barriers restrict access to services.
Underfunded systems strain families.
When resources are this scarce, horses often go without veterinary or farrier care — even though they remain deeply valued.
This is where we step in.
What Your Support Makes Possible:
Immediate Relief
Provide hoof care for at least 800 horses, with capacity increasing annually.
On-site veterinary and farriery clinics, even in remote locations.
Lasting Change
Train reservation youth as farriers, offering a practical, income-generating profession within their own communities.
Provide long-term mentorship, ensuring skills and confidence grow beyond initial training.
Supply essential tools and materials so trainees can continue their work independently.
This initiative relieves suffering today — and builds economic opportunity for tomorrow.
Help Us Raise $80,000 to Launch and Sustain This Initiative
Your gift does more than fund treatment.
It helps create skilled farriers who can live and work within their own communities — preserving culture while earning a livelihood.
Choose Your Impact
$50 provides essential hoof care for a horse in need.*
$100 trains a reservation youth in basic farriery skills.
$250 contributes toward farrier tools and supplies for hands-on training.
$500 provides community training and veterinary and farrier services for multiple horses.
What This Initiative Will Do
Provide immediate hoof care for at least 800 horses, increasing annually
Train reservation youth as skilled farriers — creating income-generating career pathways
Offer long-term mentoring and support beyond initial training
Deliver on-site clinics in even the most remote areas
Supply essential tools and materials so trainees can continue serving their communities
Imagine skilled farriers living and working within their own nations — caring for horses, earning livelihoods, and strengthening their communities from within.
That is sustainable change.
Why This Matters Now
Brooke USA has decades of experience relieving extreme poverty and preventing animal suffering in underserved communities around the world. Now, we are directing that expertise closer to home.
When trust is built, communities are engaged, grateful, and ready to lead change themselves.
We are seeking to raise $80,000 to launch and sustain this initiative across five reservations, including Sioux (Oglala Lakota), Crow, and Northern Cheyenne Nation lands.
Your gift — one-time or monthly — will:
Provide immediate relief for horses in pain
Equip young people with employable skills
Preserve cultural heritage
Strengthen entire communities
The bond between people and horses is sacred. Together, we can protect it.
Join Us
Make your gift today and help bring compassionate, sustainable equine care to Native American communities.