About me
Shoshone, Paiute, and Pit River tribal members make up Painted Horse–a drum group from the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in northeastern Nevada and southern Idaho. The Painted Horse drum group represents the eighth generation descended from Shoshone tribal member Old Horse, who lived in the Great Basin in the late 1700s. Founded in 1975, the drum group performs for powwows and ceremonial and special events in their home community and throughout the Western States region. They carry forward older traditional and family songs drawing on their Shoshone, Paiute, and Pit River heritage. The Painted Horse family was the last family to hold the horse dance using actual horses in the 1940s. The family group is led by respected horseman, tribal elder, and buckaroo Reggie Sope. Members include Devin Deitch, Silas Horn, Valentina Horn, Lyle “Slim” Lowman, Cammie Jones, Zane Jones, Milo Shay, Bradley Sope, Jenna Sope, Lenora Sope, Murray Sope, Arnold Thomas, and Ty Townsend.
