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Indian Relays – Behind the Scenes
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
CROW AGENCY, Montana — June 25th, 2021, marked the annual Crow Native Days, replete with many activities, the highlight perhaps the Indian relay races, a sport gaining immense popularity thrilling audiences across the nation.
Exceptionally talented and popular announcer, Kennard Realbird, Crow, explained that Indian Relay ticket sales have overtaken many western events at the huge Billings Metra Complex, generating more revenue than most events. In 2000, for example Indian Relay gate sales brought in more than the PBR and other rodeos, concerts, and other events, coming in second only to Charlie Pride, a Montana grown country music star.
“Horse racing and gambling on that has been in our blood ever since the first two Indians got horses,” Kennard Realbird remarked. “It’s nothing new, just more organized now.”
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