Bensmiller’s Tsuu T’ina Nation sponsorship tops Calgary Stampede … – Calgary Herald
March 19, 2015
Bensmiller’s Tsuu T’ina Nation sponsorship tops Calgary Stampede canvas auction
After he won his first GMC Rangeland Derby crown last July, Kurt Bensmiller was given the red carpet treatment by his sponsor, the Tsuu T’ina Nation.
He was even honoured by the First Nations band with a new name: Fast Horse.
“I’m not sure how to say it in Tsuut’ina, but I’m supposed to learn it,” said Bensmiller after the Tsuu T’ina Nation made Thursday night’s highest bid of $170,000 at the Calgary Stampede’s annual chuckwagon canvas auction at the Boyce Theatre. “They treat me like gold over there. I’m definitely glad that they were the highest bidder.”
