Indian Rodeo on the Navajo Nation explores the cultural, traditional, and competitive aspects that inform contemporary Indian rodeo. The target audience is Navajo people across Arizona and New Mexico as well as anyone interested in horses, rodeo, and Navajo culture and Indian Rodeo. The Diné way of life has always involved livestock and animals, and by extension, the sport of Indian rodeo plays an enormous role in the culture of the Navajo People.

This exhibition is centered around the following vignettes: The Sacred Horse: A Navajo Perspective, Ranching: Navajo Cowboys & Cowgirls, and the Three Generations of Contemporary Indian Rodeo and its development as a competitive sport. The exhibition consists of historical artifacts, photographs, and three documentary films comprised of interviews with former and contemporary Navajo rodeo athletes. The components within these vignettes will be used to illustrate how these areas tie into the life of the Diné people on the Navajo Nation.


NEWS:
Indian Rodeo on the Navajo Nation will be playing at
New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, NM. The screening will be hosted at the Ilfeld Auditorium on the 6th of May, 2010 at 6:00 in the afternoon.