The first crime said to have occurred was in Canada in 2018. There is still a warrant out for Chasing Horse in Alberta, and there are also other criminal cases ongoing there. But the Nevada case was enough to put him down for life. Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson framed the outcome in broader terms. As Newsmax reported, Wolfson said: “The outcome sends a clear message that exploitation and abuse will not be tolerated, regardless of the defendant’s public persona or claims of spiritual authority.” Chief Deputy District Attorney William Rowles added a note aimed at the victims themselves: “For decades, victims of Nathan Chasing Horse came forward, and they were ignored. I hope this verdict gives them some peace.” Rowles’ line, “they were ignored,” is worth paying attention to. It makes you think about how long Chasing Horse had been running before anyone in charge did anything.
The claims go back years. It wasn’t until 2023 that the arrest happened. The sentence and conviction came in 2026. Prosecutors said that Chasing Horse utilized cultural traditions and spiritual beliefs to take advantage of people in a certain way. He made himself out to be a “Medicine Man” or “Holy Person” in Native tribes, and then he used that trust to attack and isolate women and girls. The records demonstrate that the accusers and their loved ones are still going through trauma and having trouble with their religion. Nathan Chasing Horse will spend the rest of his life in prison. That punishment can’t change what he did to the women and girls he hurt. But it can do one thing that silence never could: it can tell them they were believed.
