Indian Paint Brush

It's not uncommon for people to find Native American-themed pictures in their Paint Horse's markings, but I think the most frequent sighting is of Native American chiefs. Enjoy the collection!

" 'Texas' has an Indian chief on her right flank," writes Auburn, Nebraska, resident Cindy Shaw about her 2007 bay overo mare Invitation To Texas. "Besides the feather bonnet, it shows enough detail to see the facial outline of the nose, mouth, neck and chest of the chief. I never really thought much about it until a friend pointed it out and said the chief image had a special meaning in the frontier days for the Native Americans. I never looked up this myth because she's already special to me."

"The photo shows that Zips Chocolate Tips hindquarter spot is an Indian chief," writes Natalie Campbell about the 2004 bay tovero mare owned by Robin Binkerd of Newberg, Oregon.  "The headdress is on her mid-belly area, and if you follow it up and down, you can see the nose and lips of the chief facing toward her tail."

"On the left side [of Jack The Skipper], you can see an Indian woman holding a feather," writes Kim Smith of Hardinsburg, Kentucky, about her 2000 sorrel tobiano gelding.