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With all the qualifiers and play downs for the North American Indigenous Games now behind them, the Indigenous Sport Council (Alberta) now has close to 800 provincial athletes for Team Alberta. The team is preparing for the Aug. 3 to 10 Indigenous games in Victoria.

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With all the qualifiers and play downs for the North American Indigenous Games now behind them, the Indigenous Sport Council (Alberta) now has close to 800 provincial athletes for Team Alberta. The team is preparing for the Aug. 3 to 10 Indigenous games in Victoria.

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With all the qualifiers and play downs for the North American Indigenous Games now behind them, the Indigenous Sport Council (Alberta) now has close to 800 provincial athletes for Team Alberta. The team is preparing for the Aug. 3 to 10 Indigenous games in Victoria.

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It's that time of year again and Indian and Metis cowboys from all over are preparing for the 1997 rodeo circuit. Almost every weekend will see one rodeo or another cropping up in western Canadian provinces and northwestern states.

A number of family names have become synonymous with rodeo, including such names as Andrews, Baptiste, Buffalo, Cressman and Yellowbird.

In saddle bronc, the ones to watch include Shawn Henry, Ben and Jay Louis, Max Big Throat and Lewis Little Bear.

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It's that time of year again and Indian and Metis cowboys from all over are preparing for the 1997 rodeo circuit. Almost every weekend will see one rodeo or another cropping up in western Canadian provinces and northwestern states.

A number of family names have become synonymous with rodeo, including such names as Andrews, Baptiste, Buffalo, Cressman and Yellowbird.

In saddle bronc, the ones to watch include Shawn Henry, Ben and Jay Louis, Max Big Throat and Lewis Little Bear.

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It's that time of year again and Indian and Metis cowboys from all over are preparing for the 1997 rodeo circuit. Almost every weekend will see one rodeo or another cropping up in western Canadian provinces and northwestern states.

A number of family names have become synonymous with rodeo, including such names as Andrews, Baptiste, Buffalo, Cressman and Yellowbird.

In saddle bronc, the ones to watch include Shawn Henry, Ben and Jay Louis, Max Big Throat and Lewis Little Bear.

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It's that time of year again and Indian and Metis cowboys from all over are preparing for the 1997 rodeo circuit. Almost every weekend will see one rodeo or another cropping up in western Canadian provinces and northwestern states.

A number of family names have become synonymous with rodeo, including such names as Andrews, Baptiste, Buffalo, Cressman and Yellowbird.

In saddle bronc, the ones to watch include Shawn Henry, Ben and Jay Louis, Max Big Throat and Lewis Little Bear.

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It's that time of year again and Indian and Metis cowboys from all over are preparing for the 1997 rodeo circuit. Almost every weekend will see one rodeo or another cropping up in western Canadian provinces and northwestern states.

A number of family names have become synonymous with rodeo, including such names as Andrews, Baptiste, Buffalo, Cressman and Yellowbird.

In saddle bronc, the ones to watch include Shawn Henry, Ben and Jay Louis, Max Big Throat and Lewis Little Bear.

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It's that time of year again and Indian and Metis cowboys from all over are preparing for the 1997 rodeo circuit. Almost every weekend will see one rodeo or another cropping up in western Canadian provinces and northwestern states.

A number of family names have become synonymous with rodeo, including such names as Andrews, Baptiste, Buffalo, Cressman and Yellowbird.

In saddle bronc, the ones to watch include Shawn Henry, Ben and Jay Louis, Max Big Throat and Lewis Little Bear.

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Native people have always had a close relationship with animals, especially the horse. So it was not unusual for Aboriginal people throughout North America to be part of the origins of rodeo as spectators, organizers, hosts and competitors.

This year, Indian and Metis chuckwagon drivers and outriders will again prove able in what is one of cowboy country's most exciting and nail-biting events - the "Half-Mile of Hell," more commonly referred to as chuckwagon racing, or, at the Calgary Stampede, the "Rangeland Derby."