Peggy Detmers

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Peggy Detmers
Education South Dakota State University (B.S., biology, wildlife/fisheries management)
Known for sculpture in metal
Notable work Lakota Bison Jump: 17 bronze statues of mounted American Indians driving a buffalo herd off a cliff[1]

Peggy Detmers is an American sculptor of metal.[2] She specializes in bronze wildlife, and displays her work at international wildlife shows.[3] Detmers is a fourth-generation South Dakotan. She graduated from South Dakota State University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science in biology and wildlife and fisheries management.[4] Detmers lives and works in Rapid City, South Dakota.[5]

In 2012, Peggy Detmers lost[6] a legal battle with actor Kevin Costner. She created Lakota Bison Jump, 17 large multimillion-dollar bronze statues of mounted American Indians driving a buffalo herd off a cliff. The statues were meant to be a centerpiece of 'The Dunbar', a Deadwood, South Dakota resort developed by Costner. The resort was never created and Detmers sued for breach of contract. The case reached the South Dakota Supreme Court.[7] The sculpture is now part of an interpretive center called 'Tatanka: Story of the Bison'.[8]

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