Post by Logan on Mar 15, 2017 12:49:06 GMT -6
Montana: Indian relay faces uncertain future in Billings; organizing body under fire for unpaid bills
Billings’ All Nations Indian Relay Championships face uncertainty after last season’s bills have gone unpaid and the organizer’s advisory board defected to form a competing sanctioning body.
The Professional Indian Horse Racing Association organized four events and sanctioned 17 relays in 2016, including events in Billings and Crow Agency. That won’t be the case in 2017. PIHRA’s schedule lists only the All Nations Indian Relay Championships to be held in Billings this September.
Many former PIHRA-sanctioned events will now fall under the Horse Nations Indian Relay Council, a group formed in 2017 by former PIHRA board members.
Calvin Ghost Bear, Horse Nations board president, said he grew concerned about PIHRA’s business practices after receiving phone calls from vendors and relay teams who had not been paid after the last events of 2016, including the championship in Billings.
Read more: billingsgazette.com/news/local/indian-relay-faces-uncertain-future-in-billings-organizing-body-under/article_69e6403e-27f8-530c-92cc-1c06f5fcac75.html
Billings’ All Nations Indian Relay Championships face uncertainty after last season’s bills have gone unpaid and the organizer’s advisory board defected to form a competing sanctioning body.
The Professional Indian Horse Racing Association organized four events and sanctioned 17 relays in 2016, including events in Billings and Crow Agency. That won’t be the case in 2017. PIHRA’s schedule lists only the All Nations Indian Relay Championships to be held in Billings this September.
Many former PIHRA-sanctioned events will now fall under the Horse Nations Indian Relay Council, a group formed in 2017 by former PIHRA board members.
Calvin Ghost Bear, Horse Nations board president, said he grew concerned about PIHRA’s business practices after receiving phone calls from vendors and relay teams who had not been paid after the last events of 2016, including the championship in Billings.
Read more: billingsgazette.com/news/local/indian-relay-faces-uncertain-future-in-billings-organizing-body-under/article_69e6403e-27f8-530c-92cc-1c06f5fcac75.html