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Saskatchewan Place, on the north end of Saskatoon, was a mix of cattle, horses, cowboys, cowgirls dirt, bumps and bruises, as the Indian Nations Finals Rodeo complemented the FSIN's 50th Anniversary celebrations.

This is the third richest rodeo in North America, following the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas and the Calgary Stampede. Nearly $200,000 in prizes and money was to be had.

In the bareback category, representing the Prairie Indian Rodeo Association, Kenton Randall, from Fort Vermillion, Alta., took home the top prize.

Spike Guardipee, from Browning, Montana, representing the United Indian Rodeo Association, won the calf-roping event.

The steer-wrestling champion, Howard Edmundson, came from Dewar, Oklahoma, and represented the All Indian Rodeo Association of Oklahoma.

In the barrel-racing event, Lesa Arnold, from Pryor, Oklahoma, and also representing the All Indian Rodeo Association of Oklahoma, rode away with the top prize.

Two Oklahoma cowboys, Dee Keener, from Inola, and Joel Maker, from Tahlequah, teamed up to win the team roping championship. These two were also representing the All Indian Rodeo Association of Oklahoma.

Whisper Alexander, from Bozeman, Montana, lassoed the ladies breakaway roping event, representing the Great Plains Indian Rodeo Association.

Mary Hebb, from Eagle Butte, South Dakota, also representing the Great Plains Indian Rodeo Association, held on to win the saddle bronc-riding event.

To complete the hat trick for the Great Plains Rodeo Association, Smiley Sierra, from Kyle, South Dakota, won the bull-riding event.

The regional winners were the United Indian Rodeo Association in the third with 649 points. The Great Plains Rodeo Association came in second with 733 points. The overall title went to the All Indian Rodeo Association of Oklahoma, with its cowboys and cowgirls earning 772 points.

The all around cowboy title went to Jay Lyle Louis, of Vernon, BC., representing the Western Indian Rodeo and Exposition Association.