Dakota/Lakota horse culture: Riding thru Ihanktonwan Dakota makoce (Yankton Sioux homelands). These relatives are regarded as sacred healers, teachers, and friends. Some creation stores say horses came out of the earth with the D/Lakota from the heart of the Black Hills (Lakota) and modern-day Minnesota (Dakota). When I was going thru some of the toughest times in my life, Sundeska, the mare I'm riding, with her wicked fast speed and even unpredictable temperment, gave me the healing I needed in