sheepherder

Example Sentences

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While sheepherders and cattlemen battle over their right to graze their stock on land that can't sustain them, Indigenous children have been forced into government boarding schools designed to strip them of their culture.

From Salon

To become permanent residents, sheepherders must be sponsored by their employers, which Mr. Mendoza and other sheepherders say that ranchers are not inclined to do.

From New York Times

Let Silicon Valley chase a sleek future of frictionless rectangles and orbs: Brian’s creation, Charles, is a towering, homemade shambles with gray hair and a doddering shuffle that gives the impression of a retired sheepherder.

From New York Times

The resources commission reported that two sheepherders who stay with the sheep 24 hours a day chased off the wolves.

From Seattle Times

His grandfather had been a sheepherder when he was young and a pastor when he was older.

From Los Angeles Times