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  • Allison Burke walks along the shore of Lake Roosevelt on the Spokane Indian Reservation with Jack, an appaloosa mustang she rescued.
    Ashley Ahearn
    Allison Burke has four mustangs at her place on the reservation of the Spokane Tribe of Indians in Northeastern Washington. All four are from Native American reservations in the Northwest.
  • Ashley Ahearn
    I remember the first time my mustang, Boo, bucked me off. We were riding along through the sagebrush, following a cowboy friend of mine, Dave Johnston. I wouldn’t let Boo put his head down to munch the spring grass, so he threw a temper tantrum. I stayed on for maybe four or five good bucks, but then he dumped me.