BILLINGS -- Henry Real Bird, former Montana poet laureate, has been named Cowboy Poet of the Year as part of the 16th annual Academy of Western Artists' Will Roger Awards.
Real Bird, 63, received the award Thursday night at the Casa Manana Theater in Fort Worth, Texas.
"It was a big deal for me, to be from the river's tip up in the mountains ... ...
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