Entertainers

Aboriginal cowboy poets and storytellers at A Salute to the Indian Cowboy, a cowboy poetry gathering held in Elko, Nevada, 1994. Hall Cannon, the organizer, is at the microphone. Photograph by Morgan Baillargeon, CMC 94-1075

Following a rodeo, the community usually gathers for an evening of music and dancing. Quite often, the entertainers are Native country bands, cowboy music singers or fiddle players. In some communities, cowboy poetry has become very popular. There are about a dozen published Native cowboy poets from the Northern Plains and Plateau.

Victor and Jack Runnels, Lakota cowboy poets from South Dakota, at Elko cowboy poetry gathering, 1996 Photograph by Morgan Baillargeon, CMC 96-426

David Pratt, Dakota/Nehiyaw, a cowboy poet from Gordon's Reserve, Saskatchewan Photograph by Steve Darby, CMC K97-346

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