The Nez Perce Horse is a spotted horse breed derived from old-line Appaloosa (the Wallowa herd) and Central-Asian horses belonging to the Akhal-Teke breed.

After the end of the Nez Perce War in the 1870s, many of the horses belonging to the Nez Perce were confiscated by the U.S. Army and sold off or killed. The Nez Perce people that survived the war were forced to settle in reservations and coerced to become farmers rather than horse breeders. They were allowed to keep few horses, and were forced by the authorities to mate their stallions with Quarter Horse mares to create horses deemed more suitable for agriculture.

In 1994, the Nez Perce tribe in Idaho started a horse breeding program with the idea of crossbreeding Appaloosa horses with Akhal-Teke horses to produce a new breed: The Nez Perce Horse.

These earrings pay tribute to the Nez Perce, their amazing horsemanship skills and their devotion to the appaloosa breed.

Sterling silver

Wild Horse magnesite

2” long