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ysabetwordsmithThese are the content notes for "On the Path of Friendship."
WANTS AND OFFERS
Blackfeet Nation wants:
* market for their extra beef cattle, hogs, and commercial chickens
* draft horses to replace farm engines
* extra hands for managing large areas of farmland
Blackfeet Nation offers:
* some of their rapidly increasing bison
* one Icelandic stallion standing at stud
* small amounts of seed grain, plus alfalfa leafcutting bees
* Blackfeet Community College is almost the only one left in the region
Kainai (Blood) Nation wants:
* food, clothes, other basic resources
* a herd of bison
* help rebuilding after destruction, especially roads/trails
* extra hands for timber, wind power, and grassland restoration
* transfer of surviving students from the lost Red Crow College in Lethbridge to another Blackfeet college
Kainai (Blood) Nation offers:
* timber industry, including draft horses and sustainable logging education
* a good supply of Percheron draft horses for work and breeding
* wind power and training
* grassland restoration and training
Piikani Nation wants:
* market for cashmere wool and yarn
* a herd of bison
* more people and land for them
Piikani Nation offers:
* a few Clydesdales from their herd
* Canadian Cashmere goats good for wool and meat
* timber industry, including draft horses and sustainable logging education
* a gunsmith and weapon shop turning out very fine gravel guns among others
* many highly trained people including doctors, college teachers, scientists, and lawyers
Siksika Nation wants:
* food, clothes, other basic resources
* a place to stay for a year or few while white people finish dying off
* discuss contingency plans for moving Old Sun College if necessary
Siksika Nation offers:
* several Belgian draft horses from their herds
* extra workers now
* the most northerly Blackfeet settlement for when climate change makes the south less habitable
Everyone wants:
* exchange of horses and possibly other livestock
* exchange of young single people for mating and training
* opportunities to trade surplus goods for needed ones
Livestock
See also Animals in the Aftermath.
Canada has a variety of draft horses, though fewer than in the past. The Kainai Nation has several people with Percheron herds. The Piikani Nation has one herd of Clydesdales. The Siksika Nation has two herds of Belgians.
Dark Moon is a yearling colt Percheron from Canada. These two Percheron mares are Dream On and Beautiful Dreamer. Dream On (left) is lighter, a year older than her sister Beautiful Dreamer (right). Percheron stallion Paul Bunyan is a bay snowcap appaloosa.
Horse breeds vary widely. Ideally, horses should be similar in size and weight for safest mating, but sometimes people want to bring in new traits, so they cross very different horses. It's risky for a larger stallion to cover a smaller mare, but it can work if the difference isn't too wide. A smaller stallion covering a larger mare is safer, but he may need help getting up there. Coldbloods (draft horses) are often crossed with warmbloods (riding and workhorses), sometimes even with hotbloods (racehorses) to create a more balanced foal.
Horses breed seasonally, peaking in spring. However, mares who do not conceive a foal during the spring-summer breeding season may cycle persistently in fall and conceive then.
Sweet Coffee is a Quarter Horse / Percheron cross. Her frosted coat, mostly white face, and distinctly striped mane mark her as a varnish roan appaloosa.
Heads-or-Tails is an Icelandic yearling colt.
Cashmere goats are popular in Canada for their warm wool.
Blanket courtship has appeared in various tribes, mostly on the plains. Two people snuggle under a blanket in public. Everyone ignores them unless something goes wrong.
WANTS AND OFFERS
Blackfeet Nation wants:
* market for their extra beef cattle, hogs, and commercial chickens
* draft horses to replace farm engines
* extra hands for managing large areas of farmland
Blackfeet Nation offers:
* some of their rapidly increasing bison
* one Icelandic stallion standing at stud
* small amounts of seed grain, plus alfalfa leafcutting bees
* Blackfeet Community College is almost the only one left in the region
Kainai (Blood) Nation wants:
* food, clothes, other basic resources
* a herd of bison
* help rebuilding after destruction, especially roads/trails
* extra hands for timber, wind power, and grassland restoration
* transfer of surviving students from the lost Red Crow College in Lethbridge to another Blackfeet college
Kainai (Blood) Nation offers:
* timber industry, including draft horses and sustainable logging education
* a good supply of Percheron draft horses for work and breeding
* wind power and training
* grassland restoration and training
Piikani Nation wants:
* market for cashmere wool and yarn
* a herd of bison
* more people and land for them
Piikani Nation offers:
* a few Clydesdales from their herd
* Canadian Cashmere goats good for wool and meat
* timber industry, including draft horses and sustainable logging education
* a gunsmith and weapon shop turning out very fine gravel guns among others
* many highly trained people including doctors, college teachers, scientists, and lawyers
Siksika Nation wants:
* food, clothes, other basic resources
* a place to stay for a year or few while white people finish dying off
* discuss contingency plans for moving Old Sun College if necessary
Siksika Nation offers:
* several Belgian draft horses from their herds
* extra workers now
* the most northerly Blackfeet settlement for when climate change makes the south less habitable
Everyone wants:
* exchange of horses and possibly other livestock
* exchange of young single people for mating and training
* opportunities to trade surplus goods for needed ones
Livestock
See also Animals in the Aftermath.
Canada has a variety of draft horses, though fewer than in the past. The Kainai Nation has several people with Percheron herds. The Piikani Nation has one herd of Clydesdales. The Siksika Nation has two herds of Belgians.
Dark Moon is a yearling colt Percheron from Canada. These two Percheron mares are Dream On and Beautiful Dreamer. Dream On (left) is lighter, a year older than her sister Beautiful Dreamer (right). Percheron stallion Paul Bunyan is a bay snowcap appaloosa.
Horse breeds vary widely. Ideally, horses should be similar in size and weight for safest mating, but sometimes people want to bring in new traits, so they cross very different horses. It's risky for a larger stallion to cover a smaller mare, but it can work if the difference isn't too wide. A smaller stallion covering a larger mare is safer, but he may need help getting up there. Coldbloods (draft horses) are often crossed with warmbloods (riding and workhorses), sometimes even with hotbloods (racehorses) to create a more balanced foal.
Horses breed seasonally, peaking in spring. However, mares who do not conceive a foal during the spring-summer breeding season may cycle persistently in fall and conceive then.
Sweet Coffee is a Quarter Horse / Percheron cross. Her frosted coat, mostly white face, and distinctly striped mane mark her as a varnish roan appaloosa.
Heads-or-Tails is an Icelandic yearling colt.
Cashmere goats are popular in Canada for their warm wool.
Blanket courtship has appeared in various tribes, mostly on the plains. Two people snuggle under a blanket in public. Everyone ignores them unless something goes wrong.
