The older generation passes the torch to a new one as up-and-coming cowboys compete for a shot at a world title in the Indian ...

Spud Jones, who ascended to new heights in rodeo when he became the first Navajo bull rider to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo in 2008, providing inspiration to Indigenous bull riders in New ...

Keyshawn Whitehorse says a prayer in his Navajo language before he rides a bull competitively. “It keeps me grounded in who I am and where I come from,” he said. Whitehorse, 27, will be competing in ...

21-year-old Navajo bull rider Kristal Puente takes on the challenge of hosting her own rodeo show. Kristal Puente is carrying on her family’s rodeo legacy on the Navajo Nation. Hosting her second bull ...

I was born into my Diné culture first and foremost, but I was also born a cowgirl. I grew up on a “rez ranch” in Northern Navajo Nation surrounded by cattle and horses, and I come from a long line of ...

For many siblings, it's the older brother that paves the way for the younger brother. But for Marvin Begay, 30, it was his younger brother Craig, 26, who inspired his passion for bull riding. "I swear ...

Close your eyes. What do you see when you hear “bull rider”? Chances are, it’s a man. Kristal Puente, of the Navajo tribe, is a woman helping change that perception. Puente is the focus of “Bucking on ...

Navajo Nation reported that Jones grew up in a one-stoplight town on the Navajo reservation called Tohatchi (N.M.). Bull riding took him all over the country before he ended up under the bright lights ...

On November 14, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren spent the afternoon with some of the most celebrated riders in the world, ...