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Jackson Sundown. Jackson Sundown (1863 – December 18, 1923), born Waaya-Tonah-Toesits-Kahn (meaning Blanket of the Sun), [1] was a Native American rodeo rider who has become a folk-hero for his mythic performance in the 1916 Pendleton Round-Up, largely popularized by Ken Kesey 's novel The Last Go 'Round . Sundown was born in 1863, probably ...
Handicap (horse racing) Americain, a winner of the Melbourne Cup, one of the most prestigious handicap races in the world. A handicap race in horse racing is a race in which horses carry different weights, allocated by the handicapper. A better horse will carry a heavier weight, to give it a disadvantage when racing against slower horses.
Vaquero, c. 1830. The vaquero ( Spanish: [baˈkeɾo]; Portuguese: vaqueiro, European Portuguese: [vɐˈkɐjɾu]) is a horse-mounted livestock herder of a tradition that has its roots in the Iberian Peninsula and extensively developed in Mexico from a methodology brought to the Americas from Spain. The vaquero became the foundation for the North ...
Tom Three Persons (March 19, 1888 – August 13, 1949) was a Niitsitapi ( Blackfoot Confederacy) rodeo athlete and rancher and a member of the Kainai Nation (Blood). Best known for winning the saddle bronc competition at the inaugural Calgary Stampede in 1912. An Indigenous athlete, he was the only Canadian to win a championship at this ...
Bobby Cash. Bobby Cash (born 13 February 1961) is an Indian country music singer, songwriter, guitarist [10] and composer [11] who lives in Clement Town, a suburb of Dehradun district in the state of Uttarakhand. [14] He is praised by media for being India's first international country music artist who has charted singles in Australia, [25] and ...
The American Indian Horse is defined by its breed registry as a horse that may carry the ancestry of the Spanish Barb, Arabian, Mustang, or "Foundation" Appaloosa. [1] It is the descendant of horses originally brought to the Americas by the Spanish and obtained by Native American people. [2] The registry was created in 1961 when some breeders ...
The Indian National Rodeo Finals was created in 1976 by five people who took some regional associations to make one larger association. Indian cowboys and cowgirls competed together in the first finals that year in the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah. The association now claims 11 regions throughout the United States and Canada.
Signature. John Baker Omohundro (July 27, 1846 – June 28, 1880), also known as "Texas Jack", was an American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy. Born in rural Virginia, he served the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. He later served as a civilian scout for the US Army during the American Indian Wars .