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People Magazine (in print version) | May 13, 2002 | Scoop@people.com

[floriduh voter]

Kevin Costner foots the buffalo bill in a tribute to Lakota heritage

Focus: Some movie stars indulge in fleets of shiny sports cars. Kevin Costner opted for a herd of gigantic bronze bison. Flush from his Academy Award triumph for 1990's Dances with Wolves, Costner commissioned a massive sculpture, for about $2 million, depicting a Lakota buffalo hunt. He had hoped to display the 17 piece work (including one 17-ft-tall Lakota horseman helping drive a herd of fourteen 9-ft-high bison) on a planned $100 million resort to be built on the actor's 842 acre Deadwood, S. Dakota property. With plans for Dunbar resort (named for his Dances character, Lt. John Dunbar), now delayed, the buffalo have been roaming outside a Lander, Wyoming, foundry for the past few years.

Under contract to the artist, Peggy Detmers, to put the sculpture on public display by 2003, Costner, 47, is now mapping out a multi-million dollar venture on his Deadwood land, which includes an interpretive trail, visitor center and viewing terraces. "It's all Kevin's personal money," says Jim Fisher, the project's manager. "He's very fond of this area."

Just 45 minutes north of Mount Rushmore, the work will "stand as a separate tourist attraction," notes Jim Wilson, a historic-preservation officer for Deadwood, who says the tiny town (pop. 1,380) welcomes Costner's contribution to the area's cultural fabric. "It's not Mount Rushmore, says Detmers, "but it will be very impressive."

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[vikingchick]

"Vikings are KEWL".....he's happy to hear that.

[mafree]

AMERICANS ARE FOOTING THE BILL TO BE BUFFALOED BY DASCHLE!

Hopefully not for long.

[SoDak]

[floriduh voter]

Thanks for the Thune mention. I like his campaign slogan re: strong leadership. I enjoyed seeing the POTUS dropping by to show his support. I must say, South Dakotans got the best coverage that day.

We were having 24/7 Vatican Watch and the Blake Arrest on tv down here with maybe thirty seconds of the Dubya visit.

I was so frustrated that I called my aunt up in SD for real time information. You, Go, Thune, and thank you for stepping up to the plate.

RED ZONERS for Thune!

[floriduh voter]

RED ZONERS FOR AMERICA BUMP!

[floriduh voter]

That animated dude is KEWL. LOL

[vikingchick]

I typed in the artist's (Peggy Detmers) name at google, and found this VERY 'KEWL' graphic at a link: Horse. Check it out!

[floriduh voter]

Thanks viking chick. Horse pictures are perfect for South Dakota threads. I had a buckskin named Spice in Huron. He and he sure could buck and he enjoyed the oval track at the State Fairgrounds a lot more than I did. WIDE OPEN!

Additionally, in Sioux Falls, my cousin had a white/black spotted horse and for some reason, she liked to cow kick me - the horse, not my cousin. LOL

So, I guess you could say that although I love horses, it wasn't exactly mutual.

Gee, a herd of Shetland ponies stampeded over me once at a farm near Sioux Falls. It looked just like it does in the movies. Lots of legs and the sound of hooves.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Nice pheasant! One of my screen names is pheasantx because I've hatched, raised, and released a few of those guys. They do not domesticate well. I even have a license!

[tamikamaria]

Hey thanks for the ping! A guy I know was going to be working on Costner's buffalo project, but I don't know if he's still involved. He is also one of the four sculptors that is working on the presidential sculptures in Rapid City. He's a talented guy.

Speaking of outlaw encounters, my great-uncle Jack (aka Tulsa Jack) was a member of the Doolin Gang. There's a picture of him in a Time-Life book after the deputies shot him. They have him propped up like a trophy fish or something. Very wierd.

[4TheFlag]

Thanks for the ping fd, I LOVE living here, wide open spaces, the Black Hills and....

THIS!!

[4TheFlag]

Sorry CS, forgot to ping ya to this....

[Pippin]

Beautiful!

[floriduh voter]

You can always bookmark this thread and drop by sometime if you get an update from your friend. I picked up the soundtrack from Dances With Wolves. It looks interesting. Now to find the time to listen. Thanks for dropping by.

[floriduh voter]

Beautiful colors in your Rushmore jpeg.

[floriduh voter]

Ditto your "beautiful".

[floriduh voter]

I realize how popular pheasant hunting is but I just didn't want to have any dead pheasant jpegs here. I'd like to find a nice picture of a pheasant that is alive. I remember pheasants hiding out in the tall grasses by our home and I MISS TUMBLEWEEDS. We don't have tumbleweeds in Florida.

You know the song, "The tumblin tumbleweeds." I miss 'em.

[floriduh voter]

George, Teddy, Abe and ? Without peeking, who's the other great president that has slipped my mind? I can't see them right now.

From Rushmore, of course, not Dubya for once! RED ZONERS FOR TOURISM PING.

[floriduh voter]

I peeked. THOMAS JEFFERSON! Whew, close call.

[mafree]

GO THUNE!!