Jan Sonnenmair Photographer

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A Navajo cowboy adjusts the length of his stirrups during the annual Keith J. Boyd Memorial Rodeo in Lower Greasewood, Arizona. The Navajo have a long tradition of rodeo and ranching. They began herding in the seventeenth century , soon after the Spanish introduced horses, cattle and sheep into the Southwest. By the 1920s, the Navajo were gathering to race horses rodeo-style, often circling the wagons to form an arena.

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Copyright: Jan Sonnenmair
Image Size: 5200x3491 / 13.3MB; Navajo rodeo Arizona sports Indians Indian Navajo rodeo family Americana America desert New Mexico Monument Valley
Contained in galleries: NAVAJO RODEO Arizona, USA

A Navajo cowboy adjusts the length of his stirrups during the annual Keith J. Boyd Memorial Rodeo in Lower Greasewood, Arizona. The Navajo have a long tradition of rodeo and ranching. They began herding in the seventeenth century , soon after the Spanish introduced horses, cattle and sheep into the Southwest. By the 1920s, the Navajo were gathering to race horses rodeo-style, often circling the wagons to form an arena.