Editing Rodeo (section)

==Minority participation in the United States and Canada==
[[File:BPCCA Presents Black Heritage Day & Rodeo (51980375643).jpg|thumb|right|Riders at the Black Heritage Day Rodeo presented by the Black Professional Cowboys and Cowgirls Association in [[Humble, Texas]] in 2022]]

Native American and Hispanic cowboys compete in modern rodeos in small numbers. <!--need to expand Indian cowboy info--> African Americans constitute a smaller minority of rodeo contestants, though many early rodeo champions, such as [[Nat Love]], were African American. [[Bill Pickett]] and bronc rider Bill Stahl were both elected to the [[National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum|Cowboy Hall of Fame]]. During the 1940s and 1950s, African Americans created the Southwestern Colored Cowboys Association. Although the PRCA never formally excluded people of color, pre-1960s racism effectively kept many minority participants, particularly African Americans, out of white competitions.{{sfn|Kirsch|Harris|Elaine Nolte|2000|p=390}} In the 1960s, bull rider [[Myrtis Dightman]] vied for national honors and qualified for the National Finals Rodeo. In the 1990s, the Black World Championship Rodeo was held in New York City and other locations across the United States.{{sfn|Kirsch|Harris|Elaine Nolte|2000|p=390}} [[Mexican Americans]] have had a long history with both rodeo and ''[[charreada]]''.{{sfn|Candelaria|García|Aldama|2004|pp=126–128}} In spite of its long association with southwestern culture, there has been significant assimilation and cross-acculturation&nbsp; Mexican Americans are so integrated into the southwestern cowboy culture that they are not visibly distinct.{{sfn|Allen|1998|p=17}} Brazilians also have a long and successful history of bull riding in the United States. In 2017, 37% of the top 35 riders in the Professional Bull Riding circuit were Brazilian.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brazil's Impact and Dominance in Professional Bull Riding |url=https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/brazils-impact-and-dominance-in-professional-bull-riding/ |website=culture trip |date=6 February 2017 |access-date=25 September 2021 |archive-date=25 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925230556/https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/brazils-impact-and-dominance-in-professional-bull-riding/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1976, the first [[gay rodeo]] was held in [[Reno, Nevada]], as a charity fundraiser. Several regional gay rodeo organizations were formed in the following years, and, in 1985, the existing organizations formed the [[International Gay Rodeo Association]] as a national sanctioning body.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.igra.com/igrahist.html |title=IGRA History |access-date=2009-03-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103015237/http://www.igra.com/igrahist.html |archive-date=January 3, 2009 }}</ref> The melding of homosexuality and straight cowboy culture in gay rodeo simultaneously embraces {{Clarify|date=July 2022|text=archetypal Cowboy Code traits|reason=no article on Cowboy Code so should be defined more}} and contemporary gay identity.{{sfn|Allen|1998|pp=170–173}} Openly gay competitors stage their own rodeos because they are not welcomed in the straight circuit. "We can ride with the best of them," one person stated, "But they don't want us around."{{sfn|Allen|1998|pp=170–173}}