2024 Makatoh Reconciliation and Healing Horse-Ride
2024 Ride - Completed
The 2024 Makatoh Reconciliation and Healing Horse Ride successfully completed its journey from Fort Thompson, South Dakota to Reconciliation Park in Mankato, Minnesota in December 2024. After a year's hiatus in 2023, the ride returned with renewed purpose, bringing together riders, supporters, and communities along the 330-mile route.
The ride was welcomed in communities that had never hosted the ride before, including New Ulm, Minnesota, marking significant progress in the ongoing journey of reconciliation and healing. Thank you to all who supported, hosted, and participated in this meaningful journey.
The Route
The Ride begins in Fort Thompson on the Crow Creek Reservation in South Dakota and proceeds through Wessington Springs, Woonsocket, Howard, Coleman, and Flandreau before entering Minnesota. Riders continue through Pipestone, Slayton, Westbrook, and the Jeffers Petroglyphs before reaching their final destination, Reconciliation Park in Makatoh. The journey includes rest days to recover from the winter conditions, reflecting the physical and emotional endurance of the riders.
Schedule
- 12/10: Fort Thompson, Crow Creek, SD
- 12/11: Wessington Springs, SD
- 12/12: Woonsocket, SD
- 12/13: Howard, SD
- 12/14: Coleman, SD
- 12/15: Flandreau, SD
- 12/16: REST
- 12/17: REST
- 12/18: Pipestone, MN
- 12/19: Slayton, MN
- 12/20: Westbrook, MN
- 12/21: Jeffers Petroglyphs, MN
- 12/22: REST
- 12/23: Sleepy Eye, MN
- 12/24: Courtland, MN
- 12/25: Makatoh, MN