19-Year-Old Alberta Bull Rider Thrown During First Nations Rodeo, Dies From Injuries

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A 19-year-old Alberta bull rider competing in the Stoney Nakoda Rodeo was wounded during the event and died from his injuries.

Seth Saulteaux was an up-and-coming cowboy on the indigenous rodeo circuit, taking part in a four-day rodeo qualifier for the U.S.-based Indian National Finals Rodeo (INFR). The young bull rider, who also competed in steer riding as a teenager, was bucked off and fatally injured at a rodeo on July 2 at the Chiniki Rodeo Grounds in the Îyârhe (Stoney) Nakoda First Nation, west of Calgary.