SOCIETY
We create and run Redemption as an act of love for the horses we serve, faith in a better world for them and trust that will bring out the best in people.
Redemption is a nonprofit organization dedicated specifically to offering refuge and a dignified life for mustangs that have found their way here from wild populations. Our goal is to place these horses in native American communities or other purposeful positions, with the goal of revitalizing traditional, and especially American Indian, horse culture.
The core belief of this organization is that the mustang has a divine nature that is true and sincere in its essence. The more time people spend with these beings, they can realize the same honest spirit and sincerity in themselves. Our dream is that both the horse and human are able to elevate their existence through this relationship.
We strive to connect with these horses in a profound way to give them a real sense of belonging in the face of their removal from dwindling range lands. We also hope everyone who comes into contact with these horses realizes an awakening of spirit, nature, and divinity.
The horse
Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride, friendship without envy or beauty without vanity?
Here, where grace is laced with muscle, and strength
by gentleness confined.
- Ronald Duncan
Our model
Redemption emphases on empowering young wild horses to thrive in our domestic world, by providing them with care, human bonding and training until they are ready to find a permanent and loving home where they can live a fulfilling life.
Our program guides the young wild horse to a transformative training designed to develop the mindset and skills they will need to navigate Horse-Human Relationships focusing on respect, skillful guidance and their well-being.
We approach horsemanship emphasizing the spiritual connection between us and the horses, treating the horse as a partner, seeing every interaction as powerful learning moments for both.
We foster harmonious and effective partnerships with our horses by the way they care for and train them, trying to understand the horse's needs and emotions, ensuring
the horse's well-being, strengthened the trust between horse and rider, and creating a spiritual connection between the two.
We refuge the horses until are well trained or saddle trained to increase the chance that these horses will find good homes.
When someone adopts a horse from us, we are able to refuge another wild horse thats was roundup from tribal lands and placed in holding facilities.
Our commitment
Redemption finds, cares for, trains, and places wild horses that were gathered and removed from different types of rangelands including federally managed lands and tribal lands.
Refuge
We find young wild horses, and
provides them with care, shelter, nutrition, and training.
Our goal is to make a difference in
the life of the wild horses we could
remove holding facilities or slaughter plant buyers.
Training
We create a bond between horse and rider based on the power of mutual respect and understanding. We do not break our horses; we work with the horse's spirit instead to dominating it. This approach to horsemanship is imbedded in the belief that horses have their own spirits that must be respected.
Our goal is to guide them and teach them to learn our ways to work collaboratively with us.
Placement
We place trained wild horses with a
new family, giving them an opportunity for a fulfilling life.
Our goal is to find a place for them with purpose and belonging, and to improve the lives of the humans through the horse/human relationship.
Revitalize American Indian Horse Culture
We strives to partner with private, local, state, federal, and tribal organizations to place wild horses into diverse programs that provide opportunities to revitalize indigenous and traditional horse culture. Redemption recognizes the importance of returning trained mustangs to American Indian communities and other rural populations for use in ranching, hunting, outback packing, western sport, therapeutic programs, and other cultural activities that promote traditional horse culture.
Our goal is disadvantaged communities to be able to own horses without the expenses associated with purchasing a highly trained horse, and to provide native communities with the opportunity to have contact with the spirit and gentle nature of the mustang.
Horse-assisted coaching and therapy
We provide horses for therapeutic programs including Equine Assisted Psychotherapy. The horse/ human relationship can improve self-regulation, communication, healthy relationship building.
Our goal is to provide quality horses with a strong drive toward connection to help people seeking improvement in quality of life, wellbeing, behavioral, mental, and emotional health.
