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Crofter and TV personality, Sweeny, sets out on his first adventure to the US where he finds out the truth behind the Western movies that he has always loved. Discovering that some of the largest and most successful ranches in US history were owned and run from Scotland, Sweeny follows in the footsteps of Gaels who transformed America’s Wild West.

He saddles up with real life cowboys at the Matador Ranch, once run by Ross-shire Gael and successful cattle baron Murdo MacKenzie. Sweeny catches up with Mackenzie’s family in Trinidad, Colorado. He swaps stories with a longhorn breeder, experiences a real Texan rodeo, and meets members of the Oglala Lakota Nation who share the detrimental impact that that cattle industry has had on their people.

An àite mar as àbhaist a’ sàs ann an croitearachd agus obair teilebhisean an Leòdhas chì sinn Sweeny a’ dèanamh air na Stàitean airson a’ chiad uair na bheatha gus an fhìrinn fhaighinn mu filmichean an iar air a bheil e cho measail. A’ faighinn a-mach gur ann stiùirichte le Albannaich bho Alba a bha cuid de na bu shoirbhiche agus as motha de rainsichean ann an eachdraidh nan Stàitean, tha Sweeny airson ceumannan nan laoich seo a rinn an atharrachadh a leantainn. Tha e faighinn falbh air eich cuide ri sàr-bhuachaillean san Rainse Matador, a bha uaireigin air a ruith le Murchadh MacCoinnich, baran cruidh soirbheachail Gàidhealach à Siorrachd Rois.

Coinnichidh Sweeny ri theaghlach ann an Trinidad, Colorado. Tha e fhèin ‘s fear briodaidh longhorn a’ seanchas ri chèile, tha e a’ faighinn eòlas air rodeo Teacsan agus coinnichidh e ri muinntir Nàisean Oglala Lakota a mhìnicheas an droch bhuaidh a th’aig gnìomhachas a’ chruidh sin air a bhith air an daoine san.

In Gaelic with English subtitles