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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
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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.