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Recent Press Releases and Links:
For Immediate Release
Hot Springs South Dakota - April 12, 2011
A new documentary film
from PK Productions LLC and the Institute of Range and
American Mustang, "WE ARE THE LAND" by director
and editor, Christopher Crosby, will have a debut premiere
at the "Black Hills - Protect Our Waters"
Earth Day film festival on Wednesday, April 20th 2011
at the Elks Theatre in Rapid City, South Dakota.
more

For Immediate Release
- October 2010 - Traditional Drum Performance Group,
WIND SPIRIT DRUM releases the highly anticipated follow-up
Cd, ANCIENT WINDS
The new recording of traditional Cherokee, Lenape,
and Mic Mac songs is performed by Traditional Performance
Drum Group, Wind Spirit Drum performers, husband and
wife duo, Windwalker and Edoal Spirit Buffalo all in
their original language and music
more

For
Immediate Release - January 2010 - Award winning, Native
American singer-songwriter, Michael Bucher releases
"Believe" on the independent label Blue Hills
Records
Award winning, Native American singer-songwriter, Michael
Bucher's highly anticipated album, Believe on the independent
label Blue Hills Records. more

Bear Butte Mountain:
A beautiful, sacred site in South Dakota
By Vincent Schilling,
Indian Country Today correspondent
Story Published April 7, 2009
STURGIS, S.D. – Just outside Sturgis is the Sacred
Mato Paha or Bear Butte Mountain. Bear Butte, a 4,426-foot
mountain, rests on the northernmost part of the Black
Hills. It has been a sacred site to the Northern Plains
Indians for thousan ds of years. --more--

Michael Bucher, Cherokee
Songwriter/Singer: “Seven” Sending a Voice
for the Ancients in Protection of Sacred Sites
By Abena Songbird | Native Legacy
Magazine / Winter 2009 Issue
WILD HORSE SANCTUARY, HOT SPRINGS — NAMA Award-winning Cherokee Acoustic artist, Michael Bucher comes from a deeply traditional, spiritual family.
Music was passed to him as a small child listening to his great-uncle sing. He would listened to his grandparents stories: things told to them from Cherokee people in Georgia who, after being forced along the Trail of Tears, had no rights left and were declassified as citizens.
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photo courtesy of musicseenPROductions 2008

Local artists capture
Hot Springs on video
By Karen Yekel - Hot Springs Star
- June 09, 2009
HOT SPRINGS – Hot Springs is a wonderful, colorful
and historic place to live, work, and play. Its tourism
features include many natural resources and unique attractions
that are welcoming to all who visit. These qualities
and more are highlighted in a video production made
possible by the Hot Springs Area Chamber of Commerce.
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BLACK HILLS WILD HORSE SANCTUARY NEWS ALERT !
Due to the changed nature of the horse market and the numbers of wild horses we have, we are changing the way we are managing the sanctuary's wild herd. After this year, the number of foals available through our Horses Helping Horses program will be dramatically reduced.
If you have always dreamed of having your own wild mustang, foals from this year and maybe a few next year will be your last opportunity to acquire one from our sanctuary.
The horses still available for sale to help support the sanctuary's wild horse herd are being updated every day. Click here to see them..and check back often!
Here's a
link to an article in the New York Times that
refers to our new population control program.

Ford Motor Company Teams With U.S.
Government to Rescue Thousands of Wild Mustangs
HOT SPRINGS - Ford Motor Company announced today that it would provide aid to help save about 2,000 wild mustangs that currently face an uncertain future. In addition, the company is offering a means for the public to help “Save the Mustangs” – working with the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Take Pride In America to establish a fund to serve as a means for the public to contribute financial support to help maintain the wild horses.
"The wild mustang embodies the passion, spirit and heritage that are an integral part of the American experience," said Ford Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Ford. "We felt compelled to do what we could to help preserve these beautiful, legendary animals."...
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