Indigenous filmmaker Georgina Lightning mourned by family, friends: ‘Shattered’
Indigenous filmmaker and actor Georgina Lightning has died after being struck by a horse at the Enoch Rodeo Grounds in Alberta. The community and her family are mourning the loss of the trailblazing artist.
Why it matters
The death of a prominent Indigenous cultural figure has prompted widespread tributes and highlights the risks associated with rodeo events.
Friends and family are remembering an Indigenous filmmaker and actor described by her family as a trailblazer after she died at an Alberta rodeo.
Georgina Lightning was at the Enoch Park race track on Saturday night when she was hit by a horse.
RCMP confirmed a woman died after a horse veered off the track and struck her. Lightning’s family confirmed the filmmaker was the victim.
“I am shattered in every way possible,” Crystle Lightning, Georgina’s daughter, said on Facebook late Saturday. “I have lost my mother, my sons Kohkum, my matriarch, my role model, my confidant. That’s all I can say right now. I’m wrecked.”
Lightning was in a designated media area when the incident happened, police said. She died at the track.
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