Dan O’Brien is a falconer, a wildlife biologist, rancher, and the founder of Wild Idea Buffalo Company. His books include The Spirit of the Hills, In the Center of the Nation, and the 2009 One Book South Dakota, Buffalo for the Broken Heart. O’Brien has received two National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Grants, two Western Heritage Awards, and a 2001 Bush Creative Arts Fellowship. He contributed an essay to the 2023’s On Common Ground.

Featured title: On Common Ground: Learning and Living in the Loess Hills 

Website: https://wildideabuffalo.com

DAN’S EVENTS:

• Friday, Sept. 22 @ 2:00 p.m. – The American Buffalo/Tatanka Screening and Discussion – The Lodge, Cody Room
• Friday, Sept. 22 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Lodge, Bullock & Roosevelt Rooms
• Saturday, Sept. 23 @ 10:15 a.m. – Promoting Conservation Through Literature – Martin & Mason, 1898 Ballroom
• Saturday, Sept. 23 @ 12:45 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Lodge, Bullock & Roosevelt Rooms
• Saturday, Sept. 23 @ 3:15 p.m. – Writing the Natural World: Readings from On Common Ground – The Lodge, Russell Room
• Saturday, Sept. 23 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Lodge, Bullock & Roosevelt Rooms

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