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• Title:American cowboys / written, produced and directed by Cedric Wildbill and Tania Wildbill.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Hurt, William.
  Wildbill, Cedric, 1961-
  Wildbill, Tania, 1970-
  Wildbill Productions.
  Xwi7xwa Collection
  
• Published/Created:North Vancouver, BC : First Nations Films (distributor), 1998.
  

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  • Location:XWI7XWA LIBRARY audio-visual Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: DVD YS W55 A44 1998
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Fletcher, George, 1890-
  Sundown, Jackson, 1863-1923.
  African American cowboys--West (U.S.)--History.
  Cowboys--West (U.S.)--History.
  Indian cowboys--West (U.S.)--History.
  
• Genre/Form:Films
  
• Description:1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col . with B&W sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
  
• Terms governing use:Restrictions: B.C. public post-secondary educational institutions only.
  
• Credits:Writers/producers/directors, Cedric Wildbill, Tania Wildbill ; production assistant, Ariane Wildbill.
  
• Cast:Narrator, William Hurt ; interviewees, Dr. Steven R. Evans, Otis Halfmoon, Horace Henderson, Phil Lane, Dr. J. Ralph McDonald, Laurence Patrick, Sheila Pond, Jack Sweek, Silas Whitman.
  
• Summary:Documentary about Jackson Sundown, a Nez Perce Indian, who was the first Native American to win the World Saddle Bronc Championship at the 1916 Pendleton Round-Up. George Fletcher was the first African American to compete in the 1911 controversial Saddle Bronc finals for the World Title at the Pendleton Round-Up. Sundown and Fletcher were two legendary cowboys who broke the color barriers in the rodeo arena at the turn of the 20th Century.
  
• Notes:DVD video.
  
• Contents:American cowboys (47, min. version)
  American cowboys (26 min. version)
  1911 round up film (silent).