Good for them, tradition is healthy.
I’ve been reading a book written by a Cavalry Officer serving with General Crook.
The Apache weren’t really horse riders. They were horse eaters.
This Officer fought the Indians in Arizona and New Mexico and the Plains Indians.
He liked the Indians. He lost a lot of friends to them, but he still liked them.
Now, he really hated the white men who armed the Indians and sold them liquor and cheated them.
Not the attitude you might expect from a US Cavalry Officer.
My great grandfather Martin rode with the U.S. Cavalry in the civil war. According to records I now have, he was trained under Custer, in Michigan. I’ll bet the training was just a bit more intense!
The “Gary Owen” from the movie They Died With There Boots On. Takes about 50 seconds to get to the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m7RPjQxjmA