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CONCERT IN CELEBRATION OF THE AMERICAN WEST, August 22, 2009
Author Michael Blake & The John Coinman Band Concert in Celebration of the American West Benefit for the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros Download PDF

GALLOPING SCARED. November 2006
“Before 1971, when Velma “Wild Horse Annie” Johnston won her crusade to save the country’s wild horses, they were being trapped in brutal airplane roundups, slaughtered, and sold as steaks overseas. Now Republican Montana senator Conrad Burns, through a bill signed by President Bush, has gutted the 35-year-old law protecting these cherished symbols of the America West.” Download PDF
THE NEW FACE OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN. September, 2004
“The Healing Touch”. David Little Wounded reaches out to calm a friend on the South Dakota’s Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, where wild mustangs have been reintroduced after an absence of 140 years. One tribal program uses the horses as therapy to treat substance abuse, and David says the animals helped tame the wildness in him too. “Working with horses just brings out your inner peace.” Download PDF
SAVING THE WHITE SANDS MUSTANGS, April, 1999
“A desert missile range is no place for wild horses. Thanks to an unlikely team of rescuers, this endangered herd is headed for greener pastures. Download PDF
LAKOTA PROJECT SHELTERS WILD HORSES, 2004

“Cowboys used to chase the wild horses, tame them as mounts, or sell them to slaughter houses. Today’s ranches both enjoy their existence as a symbol of the West and deplore their foraging on ranch crops.” Download PDF
WHERE THE HORSES RUN WILD. February, 2005
“Mustangs reconnect the Lakota people with their equine heritage.” The Lakota people never thought of the horse as a beast of burden. Throughout their shared history – which spans hundreds of years – they always considered this four-legged creature holy. They believe they are spiritually linked.” Download PDF
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