PLHI facilitates opportunities that connect Indigenous Peoples regionally and globally through transformative, cross-cultural, and mentorship experiences vital to the development of Indigenous leaders and preservation of cultures. 

Past exchange partners include the Sherpa people of the Nepal Himalaya and the Garhwali people of the Indian Himalaya. International forum experiences include participation in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) and its working groups.

PLHI seeks to expand upon this program through the creation of an international Indigenous equine knowledge exchange program (inspired by PLHI’s People of the Horse traditional camps) whereby Tribal horsemen and women share their knowledge with youth who can learn about intact horse cultures around the world and develop their skills and knowledge in equine-related professions.

Under the Indigenous Research program, Indigenous equine knowledge will be respectfully curated and protected for a better understanding of the horse-human healing/economics connection and as a means to recover aspects of culture that were lost to colonization and globalization.