[Bcma-l] Aboriginals & sport

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Barbara,
Thank you so much for that information.  It sounds like a fantastic source to
follow up on!
Have a great long weekend!
Lauren

Quoting bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca:

> Hello Lauren,
>
>
> One primary source would be the family of Kenny McLean, 1939-2002,
> world champion saddle bronc champion, from Okanagan Falls, BC.    This
> is a quickly found link-- you can certainly find family members in the
> Okanagan Falls area to interview. 
>
>
> http://www.kevinkruegermla.bc.ca/EN/2594/16831?PHPSESSID=1087dae5180edf94c8039419b1ff2c99
>
>
> From this link:
>
> <bold><italic><fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><color><param>0000,0000,9999</param>
>
> "November 18, 2002 </color>
>
> <color><param>0000,0000,9999</param>Kenny McLean: Requiem For A 
> Cowboy</color>
>
> </fontfamily></italic></bold><italic><fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><color><param>0000,0000,9999</param>Private
> Members' Statement</color>
>
>
> <bold> K. Krueger:</bold> On July 13, 2002, Kenny McLean passed away. 
> He was considered by many to be the greatest Canadian rodeo cowboy of
> all time and a true national hero. He was competing in a senior
> professional rodeo in Taber, Alberta, when he suffered a fatal heart
> attack. He was 63 years old. Ken was born May 13, 1939, at Okanagan
> Falls, B.C. 
>
>           He was a tremendously gifted athlete who could have 
> excelled in nearly
> any sport. Ken was breaking colts for his father on the ranch by the
> time he was 12. By the time he was 17 he was on the road, competing in
> saddle bronc riding against the best rodeo cowboys in the world and
> winning. He earned one of his first championship buckles at Kamloops
> rodeo in 1956, Mr. Speaker, when you were a lad, and I was little more
> than a gleam in my daddy's eye. He went on to win almost every major
> rodeo in North America at one time or another in his career, including
> the Calgary Stampede. 
>
>
> In 1959, at the age of 20, Kenny McLean won his first Canadian
> championship in saddle bronc riding. He won again in 1960 and in 1961
> became the first cowboy ever to be crowned Canadian champion bronc
> rider three years in a row. In 1961 Ken was named rookie of the year
> on the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association circuit south of the
> border. In 1962 Kenny McLean earned the title of world champion saddle
> bronc rider. After winning a world championship riding bucking horses,
> Ken also began competing in the calf roping and steer wrestling. He
> quickly established himself as one of the best all around cowboys in
> the world, winning Canadian championships in both steer wrestling and
> calf roping. He was all around championship cowboy of Canada four
> times. Kenny McLean still holds the record for the most major
> championships ever won by a Canadian cowboy, and that was 14. Kenny
> McLean became the first to be inducted into the B.C. Sports Hall of
> Fame in 1974. In 1976 he received the Order of Canada. He is the only
> rodeo cowboy ever to be inducted thus far as a member of the Order of
> Canada."
>
> </fontfamily></italic>
>
>
> Good luck with your research!
>
> Barbara
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2-Aug-07, at 12:21 PM, bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca wrote:
>
>
> <excerpt>Lauren,
>
>
> We have some pictures of native women footraces c1910, native women
>
> horseback race 1910 and native men hockey team c1945 all from the
> Nicola
>
> Valley. 
>
>
> Jo Atkinson
>
> Nicola Valley Museum Archives Association
>
> Merritt, BC
>
> Ph/fax 250-378-4145
>
> nvma@uniserve.com
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca
> [mailto:bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca]
>
>
> Sent: August 2, 2007 11:04 AM
>
> To: bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca
>
> Subject: [Bcma-l] Aboriginals & sport
>
>
> Hi!
>
> I would like to post on Listserv.  Perhaps the following message could
> be
>
> posted. 
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lauren Milden
>
>
>
>
> Hi!
>
> My name is Lauren Milden and I am working with the BC Sports Hall of
> Fame
>
> and Museum to try to locate primary and secondary sources that relate
> to
>
> Aboriginals and sport in British Columbia. This can include, for
> example,
>
> feats
>
> of strength, games etc.   I would really appreciate it if you
>
> could give me an idea of the sources that your museum might house
>
> or any other worthwhile places to search. 
>
> Thanks so much,
>
> Lauren
>
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