the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo is the nation's longest-running African American touring rodeo. Created to honor the legacy of legendary cowboy Bill Pickett, BPIR showcases the history ...

A poster for a Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. The shows were popular in the late 1800s — even in the Finger Lakes region.

Black cowboy culture is thriving in SoCal, with events and activities ranging from the groundbreaking 'Black Cowboys' ...

Among them you would largely find mestizo people (of mixed Native American and Spanish ... In 1972, Pickett was posthumously inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum’s ...

Performers included Annie Oakley, 97 Indians, mostly those from the Sioux tribes, including Black Elk and Chief Red Shirt, as well as African-Americans ... After the success of the American Exhibition ...

The American ... Bill died from a brain tumor months before his son’s acceptance came through. A 25% residential property tax cut approved earlier this year by the Legislature has cities and counties ...