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    Joe Escalera, a bronc rider from Nevada’s Te-Moak Shoshone tribe, rides his horse up to the cook shack for breakfast.
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    Allie Hostler gives direction behind the scenes at the Hoopa Rodeo.
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    Cheyenne Autumn and his son, Weston, prepare for the evening’s competition. Autumn has been competing for 50 years.
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    Breakfast served by the Ladies Auxiliary, Hoopa Unit 415.
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    Clyde Moon and his great-grandchildren, Jayce McManus, Terri Perry and Tommi McManus.
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    Riders warm up their horses for the slack roping.
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    Team ropers.
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    Team roping.
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    Jayce Lopez and his father, Jerry Lee Lopez, take a break between pushing steers into the arena.
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    Jerry Parrish, a team roper, poses with his heel horse, Barker (left) and head horse, Kitty (right).
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    Donald Hostler II signs up for the kids’ games.
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    Darla Marshall shows some serious style on Saturday night. The outfit was handmade by an elder who has since passed on.
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    Spectators crowd the chutes in anticipation of the kids’ events.
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    Pee Wee barrel racing competitors wait to compete.
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    K-Lynn Swanson prepares for the Hoopa Riding Club’s display in the arena.
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    Michael Colegrove, 10, won the steer riding competition with 68 points on the board.
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    Donald Hostler II tries to hold on to his calf.
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    Remy George, 4, competes in the calf riding.
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    Cade Barney of Klamath Falls in Peewee Barrels (10 and under), WSIRA competitor.
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    K-Lynn Swanson, freshman at Hoopa High, local barrel race.
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    Andrea Campbell, 16, junior at Hoopa High, local barrel race and WSIRA competitor
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    Na-Rec Lyons, 16, junior at Eureka High School, 2017 Hoopa Rodeo Queen, local barrel race and WSIRA competitor.
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    Iris Hostler, 15, sophomore at Hoopa High, WSIRA competitor.
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    Hoopa Riding Club riders Na-Rec Lyons, K-Lynn Swanson, Iris Hostler and Karlee Lewis, riding in the flag drill.
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    Chance Guerrero from Nevada, WSIRA competitor, riding saddle bronc in the photo.
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    Joe Escalera, WSIRA competitor, riding saddle bronc.

Linda Stansberry was a staff writer of the North Coast Journal from 2015 to 2018. She is a frequent...