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Bullriding Class on the Navajo Nation

15 images Created 14 Jul 2012

Bull riding, the most extreme of the extreme sports, is a popular past time on the Navajo reservation in northwest Arizona. The reservation, the largest Native American reservation in the United States, stretches across the high desert of New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. What people think of as the heart of the Old West. Cowboying and rodeo isn't just a notion here, it's a way of life.

These Navajo cowboys spent a couple of days perfecting (or in some cases just learning) to ride bulls.

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  • 14 JULY 2012 - OAK SPRINGS, AZ:  KIRBY SHERMAN helps his son, KIRMIYAH SHERMAN, 6, master the basics of bull riding at the Aspen Canyon Rodeo Club in Oak Springs. The bull riding class was offered by the Crooked Horn Cattle Co. in the community of Oak Springs on the Navajo Nation, about 15 miles south of Window Rock, AZ. Eleven cowboys signed up for bull riding classes and one signed up for bull fighting classes. The bull riding class started with lessons on a mechanical bucking machine before the cowboys rode bulls.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2012 - OAK SPRINGS, AZ: A boy gets set to ride a steer during a bull riding class at the Aspen Canyon Rodeo Club in Oak Springs, AZ, Saturday. The bull riding class was offered by the Crooked Horn Cattle Co. in the community of Oak Springs on the Navajo Nation, about 15 miles south of Window Rock, AZ. Eleven cowboys signed up for bull riding classes and one signed up for bull fighting classes. The bull riding class started with lessons on a mechanical bucking machine before the cowboys rode bulls.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2012 - OAK SPRINGS, AZ:  A cowboy's chaps on a fence during a bull riding class. The bull riding class was offered by the Crooked Horn Cattle Co. in the community of Oak Springs on the Navajo Nation, about 15 miles south of Window Rock, AZ. Eleven cowboys signed up for bull riding classes and one signed up for bull fighting classes. The bull riding class started with lessons on a mechanical bucking machine before the cowboys rode bulls.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2012 - OAK SPRINGS, AZ:  Navajo cowboys wait to ride their bulls during a bull riding class at the Aspen Canyon Rodeo Club in Oak Springs Saturday. The bull riding class was offered by the Crooked Horn Cattle Co. in the community of Oak Springs on the Navajo Nation, about 15 miles south of Window Rock, AZ. Eleven cowboys signed up for bull riding classes and one signed up for bull fighting classes. The bull riding class started with lessons on a mechanical bucking machine before the cowboys rode bulls.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2012 - OAK SPRINGS, AZ:  Cowboys look at a smart phone after a bull riding class at the Aspen Canyon Rodeo Club in Oak Springs, AZ. The bull riding class was offered by the Crooked Horn Cattle Co. in the community of Oak Springs on the Navajo Nation, about 15 miles south of Window Rock, AZ. Eleven cowboys signed up for bull riding classes and one signed up for bull fighting classes. The bull riding class started with lessons on a mechanical bucking machine before the cowboys rode bulls.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2012 - OAK SPRINGS, AZ: A Navajo cowboy leaves the chute while he bucks out a bull Saturday afternoon on the last day of a bull riding class at the Aspen Canyon Rodeo Club in Oak Springs. The bull riding class was offered by the Crooked Horn Cattle Co. in the community of Oak Springs on the Navajo Nation, about 15 miles south of Window Rock, AZ. Eleven cowboys signed up for bull riding classes and one signed up for bull fighting classes. The bull riding class started with lessons on a mechanical bucking machine before the cowboys rode bulls.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2012 - OAK SPRINGS, AZ: A cowboy leans against the chutes during bull riding classes in Oak Springs, AZ, Saturday. The bull riding class was offered by the Crooked Horn Cattle Co. in the community of Oak Springs on the Navajo Nation, about 15 miles south of Window Rock, AZ. Eleven cowboys signed up for bull riding classes and one signed up for bull fighting classes. The bull riding class started with lessons on a mechanical bucking machine before the cowboys rode bulls.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2012 - OAK SPRINGS, AZ:  A cowboy's boot at a bull riding class in the Aspen Canyon Rodeo Club in Oak Springs, AZ. The bull riding class was offered by the Crooked Horn Cattle Co. in the community of Oak Springs on the Navajo Nation, about 15 miles south of Window Rock, AZ. Eleven cowboys signed up for bull riding classes and one signed up for bull fighting classes. The bull riding class started with lessons on a mechanical bucking machine before the cowboys rode bulls.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2012 - OAK SPRINGS, AZ:   A Navajo cowboy bucks out a bull Saturday afternoon on the last day of a bull riding class at the Aspen Canyon Rodeo Club in Oak Springs. The bull riding class was offered by the Crooked Horn Cattle Co. in the community of Oak Springs on the Navajo Nation, about 15 miles south of Window Rock, AZ. Eleven cowboys signed up for bull riding classes and one signed up for bull fighting classes. The bull riding class started with lessons on a mechanical bucking machine before the cowboys rode bulls.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2012 - OAK SPRINGS, AZ: MONTE YAZZIE (3rd from left, turquoise rope), from the Crooked Horn Cattle Co, talks to student bull riders at the bull riding class in the Aspen Canyon Rodeo Club in Oak Springs Saturday. The bull riding class was offered by the Crooked Horn Cattle Co. in the community of Oak Springs on the Navajo Nation, about 15 miles south of Window Rock, AZ. Eleven cowboys signed up for bull riding classes and one signed up for bull fighting classes. The bull riding class started with lessons on a mechanical bucking machine before the cowboys rode bulls.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2012 - OAK SPRINGS, AZ:   A Navajo cowboy bucks out a bull Saturday afternoon on the last day of a bull riding class at the Aspen Canyon Rodeo Club in Oak Springs. The bull riding class was offered by the Crooked Horn Cattle Co. in the community of Oak Springs on the Navajo Nation, about 15 miles south of Window Rock, AZ. Eleven cowboys signed up for bull riding classes and one signed up for bull fighting classes. The bull riding class started with lessons on a mechanical bucking machine before the cowboys rode bulls.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2012 - OAK SPRINGS, AZ:  A bull riding student cleans his rigging after a bull riding class in the Aspen Canyon Rodeo Club arena in Oak Springs, AZ. The bull riding class was offered by the Crooked Horn Cattle Co. in the community of Oak Springs on the Navajo Nation, about 15 miles south of Window Rock, AZ. Eleven cowboys signed up for bull riding classes and one signed up for bull fighting classes. The bull riding class started with lessons on a mechanical bucking machine before the cowboys rode bulls.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2012 - OAK SPRINGS, AZ:  A bull riding student walks out of the Aspen Canyon Rodeo Club with his gear after a bull riding class. The bull riding class was offered by the Crooked Horn Cattle Co. in the community of Oak Springs on the Navajo Nation, about 15 miles south of Window Rock, AZ. Eleven cowboys signed up for bull riding classes and one signed up for bull fighting classes. The bull riding class started with lessons on a mechanical bucking machine before the cowboys rode bulls.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2012 - OAK SPRINGS, AZ: A bull riding student works out a mechanical bucking machine during a bull riding class in Oak Springs, AZ. The bull riding class was offered by the Crooked Horn Cattle Co. in the community of Oak Springs on the Navajo Nation, about 15 miles south of Window Rock, AZ. Eleven cowboys signed up for bull riding classes and one signed up for bull fighting classes. The bull riding class started with lessons on a mechanical bucking machine before the cowboys rode bulls.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2012 - OAK SPRINGS, AZ:  KIRMIYAH SHERMAN, 6, rides a mechanical bull during a bull riding class in Oak Springs, AZ. The bull riding class was offered by the Crooked Horn Cattle Co. in the community of Oak Springs on the Navajo Nation, about 15 miles south of Window Rock, AZ. Eleven cowboys signed up for bull riding classes and one signed up for bull fighting classes. The bull riding class started with lessons on a mechanical bucking machine before the cowboys rode bulls.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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