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July 14th
Charging Home Stampede Park
Browning, Montana
Leadership through horsemanship and culture.
Spirit of the Horse is a youth leadership and horsemanship camp designed to build confidence, responsibility and connection through horses. Participants learn foundational horsemanship skills, leadership development and barrel racing basics in a supportive environment rooted in culture, mentorship and personal growth.
Details
1 Day Event
8:30 AM- 4:30 PM MST
July 14th
In-person, located at Charging Home Stampede Park
Browning, MT
Age Group
Girls ages 12-15
Cost
Free
What your child will gain
Spirit of the Horse provides youth with more than riding skills. Through horsemanship, leadership development and barrel racing fundamentals, participants gain confidence, discipline, responsibility, and mentorship in a supportive environment that strengthens both personal growth and community connection.
Agenda
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Participant Check-In, Breakfast & Morning Welcome
Introductions
Safety overview, and setting intentions for the day.
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Elder Session & TEK
Storytelling, values, respect for horses, leadership, community and land connection.
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM
Break & Transition
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Horsemanship Foundation
Groundwork, grooming, horse safety, handling, and building rider confidence.
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Lunch Break
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Leadership Through Horsemanship
Communication, responsibility, teamwork, mindset, and leadership lessons through horse interaction.
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Break & Hydration
1:45 PM – 3:15 PM
Barrel Racing Basics
Introduction to patterns, positioning, balance, timing, and riding fundamentals.
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
Group Reflection & Q&A
Participants share takeaways, lessons learned, and goals.
3:45 PM – 4:30 PM
Hands-on Horse Care & Closing Circle
Cooling down horses, care responsibilities, final words from instructors and participant recognition.
Meet the Facilitators & Speakers
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Tiffany, her husband, and two daughters raise cattle and horses. Deeply rooted in ranching, Blackfeet culture, and a love for horses, Tiffany finds fulfillment in raising her children in this way of life.
Tiffany holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and an associate degree in equine management, bringing a wealth of experience to her various roles. After spending 10 years as a school district Business Manager, she now embraces her life as a full-time ranch and rodeo wife, sports and 4-H mom, business owner and part-time consultant.
She serves as President of Sapoo Horsemanship, a newly established non-profit, and owns Deep Creek Feeds, a small, family-run livestock mineral business. She enjoys colt starting with her husband and the peaceful hours spent at the barn as a family.
Tiffany is a facilitator and co-leader of Women in Ranching's "Rooted in the Land" program, created by Indigenous women for Indigenous women. She has cultivated Spirit of the Horse, annual youth girls leadership, horsemanship and Blackfeet Culture camp held each July since 2024. Passionate about her community, she serves as an ambassador for agriculture, women of the land, and the Blackfeet Nation.
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Ms. Jessica is a lifetime country girl, small-town Montana resident. She received an Associate of Science degree in addictions counseling and Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of Great Falls. In 2014, Jessica became a Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC) and a PATH Registered Level Riding Instructor and since then has integrated her God-given purpose to treat addiction with the partnership of her horses through her candid approach.
Through a collection of lifelong experiences with horses, a compilation of eclectic theories and counseling practices, and a personal journey in sobriety, Jessica has intertwined this experience, knowledge, and expertise with her Christian values and developed the "Nuts and Bolts" of treating Addiction with EFP to assist adolescents, adults, families, and communities in building long-term recovery. She also contracts with schools, youth riding camps and gives riding lessons in her spare time.
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Tansi/ Oki, Alexi Buffalo, is a proud Nehiyaw woman from Samson Cree Nation in Maskwacis, Alberta. She has been around horses her entire life and began barrel racing at the age of eight. She is a two-time NANCA Finals Champion in Junior Barrel Racing and has qualified twice for the Indian National Finals Rodeo in barrel racing. After high school, sheearned a rodeo scholarship to compete at the University of Providence and later transferred to the University of Montana Western, where she continued her collegiate rodeo career. She graduated in 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in kinesiology, along with minors in coaching and equine science. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge and working with youth, helping them grow both in and out of the arena. She iscurrently building her own program where she breeds, trains, and competes on her own barrel horses.
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Sierra is a rancher, wife, and proud mom of three, living a full life rooted in faith, family, and hard work. As a stay-at-home mom and homeschooler, she dedicates her days to raising and educating her kids while helping run our ranch. She’s a passionate rodeo competitor, specializing in barrel racing and breakaway roping, and I loves teaching her kids the rodeo way of life. Before this chapter, she spent four years as an elementary school teacher, but she’s since stepped away from public education to focus on her family and life as a stay-at-home ranch wife.
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Carol Murray is from Badger Creek near Browning, Mt. She now lives along the Two Medicine River on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. She has dedicated her life to preserving and revitalizing Native American culture, especially for her people, the Amskapii Piikanii (Blackfeet Nation).
Carol earned her degrees from Blackfeet Community College and Montana State University, working for 36 years at Blackfeet Community College in various leadership roles. Carol now serves as an advisor for the Blackfoot Gallery at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary and has co-curated for the Smithsonian Institution.
Registration Form
This program is part of the Rooted in the Land initiative by Women in Ranching and is co-hosted with Sapoo Horsemanship.
Thank you to our sponsors for making this event possible.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No, the event is free to attend, thanks to our generous sponsors and partners.
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Yes, horses are provided. If you are bringing your barrel horse please reach out to Tiffany in advance at 406-450-3922.
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Yes, all meals and snacks are provided. We accommodate dietary restrictions and preferences, which can be noted on the registration form.
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Please reach out to Tiffany at 406-450-3922 so she can reach out to the waiting list.
