Seth Saulteaux was competing at the four-day Mini Thni Rodeo, a qualifying event for the Indian National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas next October
A young Bull rider from Central Alberta has died after being injured in the Îyârhe (Stoney) Nakoda First Nation over the weekend.
The Ermineskin Cree Nation of Maskwacis identified him as 19 year old Seth Saulteaux, in sharing condolences and photos from family members and his friends on its Facebook page.
Saulteaux was competing at the four-day Mini Thni Rodeo on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation, a qualifying event for the Indian National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas next October.
According to officials, the man was bucked off and fatally injured while competing at the Chiniki Rodeo Grounds at around 5 p.m. Sunday.
“He had a helmet on, but the helmet didn’t even break, he got hit on the head with a bullhorn, and he was thrown. He got up and the bull hit him again on the chest.”
On-site paramedics treated the man before he was transported via ground ambulance to Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, but succumbed to his injuries en route.
Raylene Saulteaux posted on Facebook that her son died “doing what he loved.”
Saulteaux was set to celebrate his 20th birthday in September.
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