Indian Relay, dubbed "America's original extreme sport," has roots dating back centuries to horse stealing raids. Native Americans are keeping the dangerous and compelling racing tradition alive.

When they first started out, most of the races were happening on reservations and in Native American communities, according to Calvin Ghost Bear, president of the Horse Nations Indian Relay Council.

Otherwise, they would've had to turn around. The average Native American in the contact had at least three horses of their own. They had a war pony, they had a hunting pony, and they had a ...

She says when she was in her early 20s, Mark Denning of Repairing Together told her stories of the Ojibwe ponies that he was told by his elders. Loerzel says the ponies, native to the US ...