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Joe Lecaine
1926-1996
Joe Lecaine, the son of Walter and Caroline Lecaine, grew up on the reserve at Wood Mountain. He attended the Indian school at Lebret.
From the time he was a boy Joe was interested in riding and training horses. At age sixteen he began competing in the rodeo at Wood Mountain as a roping contestant. He competed as a calf roper until 1967. Among the horses Joe trained for the event were Nickel, Fox, and Joker.
In 1967 Joe began team roping and eventually won four Alberta Feedlot Championships. Seven years later he won the International Century team |
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roping event at Las Vegas. That championship was his goal and a year after winning it, Joe retired from competitive team roping. |
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Date Created: January 22, 1999 | Last Updated: April 1, 2010
