As a continued commitment Chief Arvol Looking Horse will continue to lead the 30th Ceremonial Chief Big Foot Memorial Ride. The annual 200 mile winter horseback ride started in 1986 by Future Generation Riders has become a spiritual and educational journey for people and animals that heals and bridges Indigenous Elders with Youth to inspire a remembrance of history, a pride in culture and victory over oppression by a surviving community united in ceremony.
Key Dates
Dec. 14 Ceremonies on Standing Rock Reservation
Dec. 15 Visit Chief Sitting Bull’s camp where he was assassinated in 1890.
Riders offer prayers and remembrance.
Dec. 29 Riders reach Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Reservation where hundreds of women and children, were massacred.