Nokota Horses Catch German Network Interest -- Not A Bakken Story

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The story of the Nokota horse, believed by some to be descended from Sitting Bull’s buffalo ponies, has caught the interest of the world’s largest public television broadcasting network.

A crew from ARD, a German network, this week spent several days near Linton, North Dakota, filming a travel segment on the Frank Kuntz farm.

Frank and Leo, brothers, own approximately half of the 1,000 Nokota horses estimated to exist in the world.

The Germans will use the Missouri River as a backdrop to their Nokota story.

For those filming, the Missouri represented not just a country, but a continent.

This is another great North Dakota story. I hope Public Television gets a copy of the final film and broadcasts it.

Linton, North Dakota, is near the North Dakota/South Dakota border, southwest of Bismarck.

The Nokota Horse Conservatory website has a Nokota Horse mini-documentary filmed by UC-Berkeley student, Lucie Schwartz.

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