Word with a Champ provides daily 5-minute reports of the Horse Nations Indian Relay Council’s 4th Annual Championship of Champions held in Walla Walla, Washington Sept. 21-23, 2018. 38 elite teams representing 13 Indian Nations qualified to compete at the 2018 Finals.
As America’s oldest known competition, Indian Relay is exploding onto the scene as the world’s newest and most exciting extreme sport! The championships are the culmination of over 18 grueling competitions between Native Americans and First Nations of Canada athletes.
An enthusiastic crowd set records as the largest gathering in the history of the sport. The Championship of Champions concluded September 23, 2018 crowning a Washington team from the great Colville tribe called NW Express as the world champions.
NV1 coverage of this event is supported by Wrangler.