The One Arm Bandit and Company

Amanda J Payne, of Cherokee decent, saw first light on a reservation in Pawnee, Oklahoma on May 2, 1978 .Mandy started riding horses as an infant where she learned to keep up or get left behind. At age 18, as the only girl to follow in the Bandits’ footsteps, Amanda struck out on her own. 

Her son Patrick, the eldest and already quite the roper, daughter Liza Jane and daughter Rowdy, the newest member of the tribe, can be seen with Mandy crisscrossing North America several times a year.  (Both Mandy and Liza Jane’s namesake is grand mom Jane Payne.)

If you're in the right place at the right time, you can catch Amanda performing with Horses, Mules, Longhorns, or Buffalo.

Should you get a chance swing into Shidler-Oklahoma, crawl up around a 16oz. steak at "Mandy's Cafe". 

She too is on the most wanted list.