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