Jon Wells, a Blood Tribe member who died earlier this month, was the 2012 Indian National Finals Rodeo Steer Wrestling Tour champion.
The 42-year-old rodeo competitor was honoured and remembered by friends and family this week, after he died in Calgary earlier this month.Jon Wells, centre, a Blood Tribe member who died earlier this month, was the 2012 Indian National Finals Rodeo Steer Wrestling Tour champion. When Eugene Creighton reflects on his memory of Jon Wells, a man he knew for years, Creighton talks about Wells's quiet and gentle nature, and the good he did for his community.
Wells, a 42-year-old member of the Blood Tribe in Alberta, died earlier this month, and his death is one that's being felt deeply by his family, his community in the Blood Tribe and his peers on the rodeo circuit like Creighton. Creighton credits Wells as being a very good steer wrestler and competitor on the INFR. Wells's career highlight in the sport was winning the 2012 Indian National Finals Rodeo Steer Wrestling Tour championship.
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