Women on horseback near the Bonaparte River in the British Columbia interior, in a photograph preserved by the United States National Archives under the title Buonoparte River Indians. The Bonaparte River country is home to the St'uxwtews (Bonaparte) community of the Secwepemc Nation. Horses transformed plateau life after the 1700s, and skilled horsewomen were a common sight across Secwepemcúl'ecw.
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Unknown photographer, Public domain, U.S. National Archives (297579), via Wikimedia Commons
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