Prayer Horse
Nanesootuhina Pookoo
riding in the Vision of our Ancestors for Prayer, Healing, Awareness, and Unity, to protect our Freedom of religion, Sacred lands of the Great Basin, across Turtle Island, and our People, and to bring Awareness to the many issues that affect our First Nations Peoples' communties.
What We Do
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Bring awareness to lithium mining in Peehee Mu’huh (Thacker Pass) and to protect the McDermitt Caldera
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Bring awareness for Yerington and Smith Valley area residents already affected by the Anaconda Copper Mine, regarding the damaging effects of copper in the water, environment, and community in anticipation of the proposed HudBay Mason copper mining project in the Pine Nut Hills
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Bring awareness to proposed Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge lithium mining project in the Fish Lake Valley
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Bring awareness about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives
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Honor and remember Myron Dewey
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Protect First Nations Peoples' religious freedoms
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Restore, renew, and support First Nations Peoples' cultural practices, languages, creativity, and lifeways
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Promote healing from intergenerational trauma from residential boarding schools
Why We Do It
To bring awareness to what our communities face, as well as bringing First Nations Peoples back to stand in Unity together, not in separation
To Protect what we have left
Our Core Values
love ~ harmony ~ accountability ~ respect
Honoring the Legacy of Myron Dewey
Founded in 2022 by Josh Dini, Sr., Walker River Paiute Tribe and American Indian Movement Northern Nevada (AIMNNV), and Gary McKinney, Duck Valley Shoshone Paiute Tribe, People of Red Mountain Spokesperson, and AIMNNV council member, in honor and memory of Dini’s brother, Myron Dewey, Prayer Horse honors the work Dewey did as a water protector and land defender, educator, and journalist. Dini remembers speaking with Dewey about the rides after seeing many years of the Dakota 38 +2 Wokiksuye Memorial Rides; and reconnecting with traditions of Horse medicine and intertribal connections between Wovoka and the Ghost Dance and the Lakota and the Sun Dance. CoFounder McKinney remembers speaking with Dewey, planning a reservation to reservation campaign similar to those of the Civil Rights era, teaching people how to navigate government agencies and create support systems. Prayer Horse works to reconnect with our traditions, languages, prayer, and ceremony, while acting as advocates and caretakers of the Earth, Air, and Water, for the Seven Generations following.
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