Bull-riding and roping offer passports for travel and scholarships
Freshly washed Wrangler jeans and shiny silver belt buckles. Coors Light and Michelob Ultra for sale at the concession stands. It could have been any of the 650 professional rodeos sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association , the oldest and largest rodeo group, which 6m Americans attend each year. But instead, this was the Indian National Finals Rodeo , which recently took place in Las Vegas.
But modern rodeo, which began in the 1880s and 1890s, was originally a “very multicultural, multilingual space”, says Rebecca Scofield, an associate professor of history at the University of Idaho. Rodeos brought together European immigrants, Mexican vaqueros, freed blacks and Native Americans. Rodeo’s name comes from the Spanish rodear, “to round up”. Regular round-ups to sort and brand cattle led to competitions to see who could rope and ride with the greatest skill.
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