#Ojibwe #horses #PleistoceneDisconinuity #extinction

"There isn’t any hard evidence of the Ojibwe pony being present in North America before then, says Texas A&M University equine geneticist Gus Cothran, who has studied Ojibwe pony genetics for more than two decades. 'Pre-Columbian horses, as far as we can see, don’t exist.'

Still, there are many people who stand by origin stories learned from their elders. 'The old story that’s been passed on in Ojibwe language is that the horse has always been here,' says Wise. The ponies are said to have braved the Ice Age with their unique adaptations and independence from humans, feeding on twigs and bark, like deer."

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/return-of-the-ojibwe-pony-the-midwests-native-horse