The Ojibwe Horse, also known as the Lac La Croix Indian Pony (bebezhigooganzhii, mishdatim) and Lac La Croix “Indian” or “Indigenous” pony is a semi-feral Canadian horse breed developed by the Ojibwe people.

The modern breed name derives from the Lac La Croix First Nation of Ontario, where the horses were last found in the wild.

Today, it remains a critically endangered breed; there are about 200 horses located in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta, and British Columbia in Canada, as well as Minnesota and Wisconsin in the United States.

[4] These original horses declined to the point that by 1977 only four mares remained,[5] at which time their bloodlines were crossed with Spanish Mustang stallions.

[7] The Ojibwe Horse breed developed in the Great Lakes transboundary region of southern Canada and the northern United States.

The breed was ridden along trap lines, pulled loads of ice and wood, and hauled sleighs.

In the early 20th century, indigenous people were prohibited by the government from leaving their Reserves without a permit, and so taking away their horses further limited their movement.

Missionaries at the reservation decided it was inappropriate for children to witness the sight of semi-feral horses in the act of mating.

They loaded the mares into a horse trailer, and Fred Isham, an Ojibwe from Nett Lake, drove them to Minnesota.

[3] In the 1990s, the Lac La Croix Indian Pony was categorized as a rare breed;[3] it was listed as "endangered" by the FAO in 2007,[10] and in 2020 was reported to DAD-IS as "at risk".

[3][2] In 2012, scientists recommended a conservation strategy be developed for the Eriskay pony and the Lac La Croix, based upon the need to preserve their unique genetics.

Since founding the organization, they have done countless education events and have written a children's book about the Ojibwe Horse.