Pat is a lifelong rancher, rodeo rider, roughstock contractor, Indian relay trainer, and horse trader. Pat has served his community throughout his life through his involvement in the Blackfoot sacred societies. He is a recognized great-grandfather in both the Horn society and the Brave Dogs society, and holds traditional transferred rights to Blackfoot knowledge. He has sat on band council and has advised on many Piikani land consultation projects. Pat knows the horse industry, especially in southern Alberta, inside and out and wants to transfer this knowledge to the next generations of Blackfoot youth.

Together with his son, Ty Provost, Pat has been developing and refining the Horse Spirit program. Ty’s background is similar o his father’s. From an early age, Ty demonstrated his gifts with horses. An accomplished rodeo rider, stuntman, and Indian relay racer, Ty’s confidence and and love of horses is evident. He has merged ideas from EGALA training, with the vision him and his father have for Horse Spirit programs, which provide Blackfoot youth with critical opportunities to foster their traditional and cultural relationship with the spirit of the horse.