A horse carriage driver fighting the mayor’s plans to corral the animals inside Central Park took an odd tack in court Friday — calling as a witness a Cheyenne Nation chief in full Native American regalia.

Chief Phillip Whiteman, whose Indian name is Yellow Bird, wore a full headdress and a traditional leather robe as he faced a Manhattan judge.

He delivered a 2-minute tribute to how wonderful horses are. It wasn’t clear what he was trying to argue in relation to the case, but by the end of his speech, tears streamed down his face.

“The horse brings out compassion, mercy,” said Whiteman, who was flown in from Montana by plaintiff and horse owner Giovanni Paliotta.

“When I’m sad, that horse uplifts me,” he told an amused-looking Justice Arthur Engoron.

Humans, meanwhile, are simply horrid, the chief asserted.

“Our mother earth is crying out for help,” he said. “We destroy air. We destroyed our land, the water … Are we Lucifer? Are we the devil?”

Paliotta has sued to block Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to relocate carriage pickups to inside Central Park, ending the long line of hacks and horses along Central Park South.

After hearing arguments from lawyers for the city and Paliotta, the judge deferred a decision until next week.

The judge did, however, pose for selfies — robe-to-robe — alongside the feather-bedecked chief.