19-year-old bull rider fatally wounded during rodeo west of Calgary
19-year-old bull rider fatally wounded during rodeo west of Calgary
By Ryan White Global News
Posted July 3, 2023 6:58 pm
Updated July 3, 2023 10:07 pm
Family and friends are mourning Seth Saulteaux, the 19-year-old bull rider who died during a weekend Indian National Finals Rodeo (INFR) event on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation.
Saulteaux, who was from Maskawacis, embraced the rodeo life, following in the steps of his bull riding grandfather Marcel Saulteaux. Seth travelled with his grandfather to rodeo events across North America before, the age of 14, when he rode his first bull. ... Seth qualified for the INFR main event in Las Vegas three times and had set his sights on riding in the Professional Bull Riders circuit.
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Marcel, the grandfather who Seth insisted on calling dad, recounted Seth’s last moments. ... “He got hit pretty hard,” said Marcel, adding that his grandson was wearing a helmet and other protective gear. “He got up and got out of the arena and told one of his cousins ‘Call my grandpa’, and then he fell down.
“That was it. That was the last of it. They took him in the ambulance. They didn’t even get half mile out of there and he was gone. We raced out there (but) he was gone. He was gone. I think the whole rodeo came to be with us.”
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Young bull rider dies after being thrown off at Southern Alberta rodeo
"He had a helmet on. The helmet didn't even crack or anything, but the bull rider was helped up and he walked out of the arena, went behind the bucket chutes and that's where he collapsed."
Jessica Lee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
about 22 hours ago
People gather in the parking lot at the Stoney Nakoda RCMP detachment after a bull rider was killed by a bull at the Chiniki Rodeo Grounds in Îyârhe (Stoney) Nakoda First Nation Sunday (July 2). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
ÎYÂRHE NAKODA – A bull rider was bucked off and fatally injured by a bull at a rodeo in Îyârhe (Stoney) Nakoda First Nation Sunday (July 2).
Homer Holloway, a member of the Nation's Canada Day Rodeo committee, said the rider – a young male – was hit in the back of the head by the bull's horn after he was thrown during competition at the Chiniki Rodeo Grounds.
"He had a helmet on. The helmet didn't even crack or anything, but the bull rider was helped up and he walked out of the arena, went behind the bucket chutes and that's where he collapsed," said Holloway.
On-site paramedics treated the man before he was transported via ground ambulance to Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary.
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The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada. The position covers Îyârhe (Stoney) Nakoda First Nation and Kananaskis Country.
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Old rodeo riders, their bodies are pretty beat up. Sad end for this youngster, possibly a First Nations member. Rodeo is a big thing, like basketball is, to indigenous groups out this way.
was just getting into bull riding and would be riding that night. I said, sure what the hell. We are both sitting there watch a grown man bull ride, he falls off the bull, the bull then twists around and starts using its head/skull to push on the bull riders chest while he is down on the ground. 
Well, obviously to me anyway, her grandson no longer wanted to ride that night after watching the guy get his chest crushed. My friend started trying to berate and shame her grandson into just jumping on a bulls back and ride! I told her dang, a grown ass man just got hurt in front of us and you cannot understand why your grandson doesn't want to ride now? No, no longer friends after that... 
Rodeos can be as dangerous as any extreme sport