Article: Horse dies, riders hurt in Omak Suicide Race

Article: Hatchery Salmon Get a New Lease on Life in the Okanogan ...
Yakima Herald-Republic;  June 23, 2000 ;     597 words ... ... will be used to restore runs on the Okanogan River system. The National Marine Fisheries ... this year isn't enough to supply the Okanogan River system, said Bill Robinson, NMFS ... Commission wants to truck the adults to the Okanogan River so they can spawn naturally, and eventually ...

Article: AGREEMENT MIGHT REVIVE OMAK SUICIDE RACE
The Columbian;  March 25, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... would return the famous Suicide Race to the annual Omak ... encampment and boost the Suicide Race purse. Wenona Wilson ... Indian powwow. The Suicide Race a horse race down a ... hillside and across the Okanogan River that closes each performance ...

Article: OMAK'S SUICIDE RACE IS CANCELED.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  August 4, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... canceled this year's Suicide Race, citing a boycott ... river. The popular Suicide Race, where horses barrel ... and swim across the Okanogan River, has faced controversies ... the second without a Suicide Race since the event began ...

Article: ACTIVIST SUES DEPUTIES OVER OMAK SUICIDE ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  May 15, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... who videotaped the Omak Stampede Suicide Race is suing four Okanogan County sheriff ... and throwing his cameras into the Okanogan River. Willard Anderson of Seattle ... PAWS for years has attacked the Suicide Race, which the animal-rights organization ...

Article: Colville's Keller Mountain tradition turns to 'Suicide ...
Indian Country Today (Lakota Times);  September 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... the "World Famous Suicide Race." Each year 20 horses ... slope 210 feet to the Okanogan River. Once they hit the ... horses in this year's Suicide Race hasn't helped matters ... the history of the Suicide Race," Palmer said ...

Article: `IT'S HORRIBLE WITHOUT THE SUICIDE RACE' OMAK'S ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  August 14, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... riverbed to watch the Suicide Race. There would be a ... this year without the Suicide Race and Native American ... and swim across the Okanogan River. The event draws tens ... horrible without the Suicide Race . . . it kind of makes ...

Article: SUICIDE RACE SURVIVES AT OMAK STAMPEDE
The Columbian;  July 31, 1997 ;     249 words ... ... 07-31-1997 OMAK, Wash. (AP) -- The controversial suicide race will once again be the marquee event at the Omak Stampede ... horseback run their mounts down a steep hill and into the Okanogan River. One horse was put to death last year because of a knee ...