The White Feather Foundation, Inc.

Nathaniel White Feather
Founder, White Feather Native American Horsemanship and life-long student of the horse.

¹He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 

Psalm 91:1

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. 

One helps you make a living, the other helps you make a life. (Sandra Carey)

 Founder, Nathaniel White Feather, is an equine enthusiast, trained in Native American horsemanship and life long student of the horse, as well as an all around project manager! From training the horses, demonstrating proper posture and commands, to landscaping and putting up fences, White Feather is willing to do what ever it takes to ensure that White Feather Native American Horsemanship and the White Feather Foundation are successful and helps as many people as possible. Nathaniel’s knowledge and experience in relationship building through Native American horsemanship is an invaluable gift and talent when it comes to marketing and management for the equine facility and the farm. His "real" job is in the limousine industry serving people, training drivers and managing multiple projects simultaneously. This also is very useful when it comes to training our own staff and volunteers. Nathaniel’s dream is to one day work full-time at the facilit

Our staff of professional Trail Bosses, Guides and Volunteers are seasoned and skilled in practical Native American Horsemanship, with a heavy emphasis on relationship riding for both the host horse and the guest rider. We rely on excellence in training for your safety and the best possible   saddles for your enjoyment and comfort.  

• Thoroughbreds
• Oklahoma APHA (American Paint Horse Association) Paints and Solid Paints
• Solid and Painted Tennessee Walkers
• Paso Finos
• AQHA (American Quarter Horse Association) Cutting Horses
• ARHA American Ranch Horse Association Paint Division Cutting Horses
• Morgan
• Appaloosa
• Mini Quarter Horse

These horses are hand selected for their individual personality, temperament, confirmation, stamina, pedigree, and color. Each one is nurtured with much love, discipline, and relationship in the Native American style of Yield to Surrender; Surrender to Serve. The end result is a very trusting companion horse, bred for your western riding pleasure.

White Feather Foundation Inc is proud to acknowledge the wonderful donations from those patrons who believe in our good medicine.  We have extended in-kind services to autistic individuals and their parents along with the Wounded Warrior Project. As a result of our kindness, others have gifted our foundation some most beautiful and fantastic horsesfor training and teaching.

Tolerance can lead to learning something (Jakob Dylan)

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow  (Ronald E. Osborn)

We are the home base Equine Training Facility for :

White Feather Native American Horsemanship, featuring Nathaniel White Feather, founder and lifelong student of the horse.

   Our facility is situated on picturesque acres, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. We presently have 4 fields, 3 riding trail areas, and a equine training "round pen". We currently do not have an indoor riding area, but would love to construct one as soon as we can raise the funds. We are constantly striving to improve our facility.  If this is appealing to yoiu, please contact us to express your interest in joining our team.