| |
| | Struggles over Indian Cowboys |
 | | If, for white cowboys, rodeo is a reflection of their pioneer heritage and a display of their ability to conquer nature, Indians, according to Mikkelsen, ``view rodeo as an opportunity to compete with the forces of nature, not to conquer them,'' in keeping with their heritage and religion (ibid., p. |
 | | The first legendary Canadian cowboy was John Ware, an ex-slave from the U.S.A., who came to the region in 1883 and was soon acknowledged as the champion bronc buster of the region. |
 | | Indian cowboys and the Indian rodeo at Banff sent echoes reverberating throughout the story of cowboy origins, echoes which disturbed its coherence and fixity, by calling attention to its qualities of performance, spectacularity and illusion, each of which is necessary for the creation and re-creation of the past in the present. |
| info.wlu.ca /~wwwpress/jrls/cjc/BackIssues/18.3/burgess.html (5150 words) |
|