Horses and Native Americans: Rewriting The Timeline

A New Perspective on the Arrival of Horses in North America

Indigenous Knowledge and Science Unite

Recent research has reshaped our understanding of when horses were reintroduced to North America. Spaniards brought horses to Mexico in 1519, but it was Indigenous peoples who swiftly transported these horses north along trade routes. A new study in Science¹ reveals that many Native American populations across the Gr…