Explore the Ride
Discover the history and present of the Makatoh Reconciliation and Healing Horse-Ride .
Explore the Ride
Discover the history and present of the Makatoh Reconciliation and Healing Horse-Ride .
Makatoh Reconciliation and Healing Horse-Ride
Our Beginnings
Jim Miller, a Lakota spiritual leader, founded the Dakota 38+2 Memorial Ride after a dream in 2005 inspired him to commemorate the 38 Dakota men hanged in Makatoh, Minnesota, following the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. The annual horseback ride, which began in 2008 and concluded in 2022, served as a powerful symbol of hope, healing, and education about Dakota history while promoting forgiveness and unity. Makotah Reconciliation and Healing Horse Ride continues in the tradition of the Dakota 38+2 Ride that concluded in 2022.
Learn about the inspiration for Healing Horse Ride
This documentary captures the story of story of the Dakota 38+2 ride—through blizzards, the support of communities, and the healing they seek by confronting a painful past.
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