A group of the DBG Tuesday Docents visited Hunkapi Farms in Scottsdale, here is their website:
https://www.hunkapi.org/
We learned about their mission: The heritage of HUNKAPI is grounded in the idea of interrelatedness and the responsibility that emanates from it. The name HUNKAPI [hun-kah-pee] is from the Lakota Native American tribe and means: “we are all related." Using the name HUNKAPI for our organization was inspired by a story that GaWaNi Pony Boy related in his book Horse Follow Closely where he describes the deep bond formed between Native Americans and their ponies. In the story, a bear enters an Indian’s camp, which causes the horse to whinny. The horse’s whinny wakes up the Indian and the Indian proceeds to frighten off the bear. Their bond enabled the horse to save the Indian and the Indian in turn to save the horse. In choosing this powerful word HUNKAPI as our name, all involved are reminded of our need for and reliance on one another and the responsibility of forwarding that feeling.
Hunkapi takes in animals, especially horses, and keeps them rather than allowing them to become eaten. The horses provide equine therapy for a variety of mental and physical health issues.
Our visit was on a hot and sunny day.
As Sharon said after the visit, "This was such an informative and inspirational visit. I'm so glad we were able to visit and learn about their wonderful mission."
The visit brought back many fond memories of out time in Conway, MA, back in the 1970s. We had chickens, pigs, lambs, a goat, a cow and more, just as here - but we did not have horses, donkeys or other large animals.
After our visit, we went to a nice restaurant in Scottsdale for lunch. We decided that we need to plan more Tuesday Docent trips as we had done before covid.
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