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Twin Buttes Horse Culture Program ~ The Legacy of Raising Indigenous Children in Non-Indigenous Households

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A woman in Twin Buttes ND on the Fort Berthold reservation has found a way to combine her spiritual calling and passion for horses- with a wellness program that helps promote healing in her community. Dr Jessica White Plume visits with Alicia Hegland-Thorpe. ~~~ For decades, many Native children were taken from their homes and raised outside their culture. “Saints and Indians” explores the legacy of “the placement,” when indigenous children were raised Mormon.

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