LBHC's Clay Gunshows Participates in CNFR
By Natalie Stewart
LBHC

Clay Gun Shows – Team Roping/Heeler. 
Good Name Caller (Baalasaas itchish), Indian name given to him by his 
clan uncle, Ralph “Pete” Good Luck.  Clay is a second-year student 
at Little Big Horn College graduating this Spring of 2009, with an 
Associates in Science under the Natural Resources/Environmental Science 
Option.  He is a member of the Whistling Water Clan and child of the 
Big Lodge Clan.  Clay resides in Lodge Grass, MT.  His parents are 
Dan and Letha (Jefferson) Gun Shows and has two children, Lacey and Caleb.  

While attending LBHC Mr. Gun Shows was Vice-President during the AY 
2006-07 and is currently the Vice-President for LBHC Rodeo Team AY
2008-09.  

He is a member of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association
(NIRA) under the Big Sky Region for Little Big Horn College.  Clay is 
a third- time qualifier for the Indian National Finals Rodeo (INFR) and
participated and won the Northern States Team Roping Championship in 
Billings, MT in May 2008.  In 2003, Clay was a junior in high school when 
he participated in the Montana High School Rodeo Association (MHSRA) and 
won the 2003 National High School Finals in Farmington, New Mexico.  Clay’s 
header was Zane Hollenbeck from Molt, MT in 2003.  

Competing in this year's 2009 College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR), his 
header is Trevor Lytle of Fort Collins, CO.  He was also this years 
2009 Champion Heeler for the NIRA Big Sky Region.

Clay is very outgoing, as well as an outstanding student here at LBHC and 
though he may have a quiet demeanor, Clay is a remarkable young man with 
outstanding accomplishments.