Most of us will be unfamiliar with the titular sport at the heart of the new documentary Indian Relay, which premieres tonight, November 18 on Independent Lens on PBS at 10 PM [check local listings], ...

Barreling around the final corner of the track, the jockey points the nose of his horse down the stretch and tries to slow down just enough to jump off as close as possible to his waiting teammates .

During Indian Relay races, dubbed America’s first extreme sport, each team has four members—a rider, a mugger, and two holders—and three horses. To begin, the rider mounts their first horse while the ...

BELCOURT, N.D. — A centuries-old tradition will be celebrated by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa this weekend when the tribal council hosts two days of Indian Relay Races at Chippewa Downs in ...

A sport unlike any other, Indian Relay Racing has seen growth in payouts and as a spectator event over the past several years. Indian Relay Racing is possibly the most extreme sport in the world and ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. Indian Relay, ...

PAWHUSKA, Okla. (Reuters) - Native American tribes from the United States and Canada converged on Oklahoma for the Indian Relay Horse Race this weekend, helping to revive horse heritage in the state ...

“We love the adrenaline of the fast horses and the strength in them,” said Pikunii Express rider, Narsis Reeves. I’m told Indian relay racing originated with the Shoshone and Bannock tribes in Fort ...