Sundown fanned his hat at the horse. And then the signal of the end of the ride. Jackson Sundown, Waaya-Tonah-Toesits-Kahn, was the 1916 World Champion Bronc Rider. He had used his old range ...

With one of the flashiest monikers in rodeo history, Jackson Sundown lived up to his name. One hundred years ago, at age 53 and at twice the age of any other contestant, Sundown won the bucking ...

LEWISTON – Jackson Sundown is remembered fondly for his horsemanship, and his prestige is being posthumously honored with his induction into the Idaho Rodeo Hall of Fame. Sundown, a Nez Perce ...

New York? The bone-jarring, head-banging sport of bronco busting seemed almost easy to Jackson Sundown, after his audacious escapes on horseback from U.S. troops in the Nez Perce Wars. Sundown was ...

The bone-jarring, head-banging sport of bronco busting seemed almost easy to Jackson Sundown after escaping on horseback from U.S. troops in the Nez Perce wars. He was in his 50s when he reached ...

And two Northwest cowboys rank among the top. Nez Perce Indian Jackson Sundown, of Jaques Spur, and black cowboy George Fletcher, from Pendleton, Ore., will enter the National Cowboys of Color ...

1911: A controversial saddle bronc final involving John Spain, a white cowboy, George Fletcher, an African American, and Jackson Sundown, a Native American, sparks a dispute that would last decades.

Here are some tidbits: -- Jackson Sundown and George Fletcher broke the color barrier at the Round-Up when Sundown, a Nez Perce, became the first Native American to win the rodeo championship in 1916.

NEW YORK — The bone-jarring, head-banging sport of bronco busting seemed almost easy to Jackson Sundown, after his audacious escapes on horseback from U.S. troops in the Nez Perce Wars.