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They have been living on the reservation since before the introduction of running water and electricity. The couple raises their great-granddaughter, teaching her about "the old ways". In Native American culture, it’s not uncommon for 1st born children to be raised by their grandparents or great-grandparents. It’s a way for newer generations to learn “the traditional ways” directly from their elders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/2508fe2f-3715-4af2-8581-787f9e547fac/15TRRP_r15f04_WyomingMountains.jpg Reservation Life Wind River Indian Reservation is thirty-five-hundred square miles of prairie and mountains in western Wyoming. The reservation is home to bitter ancestral enemies: the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes. The two tribes were forced to share reservation land in 1868 but even today, tension between the two still exists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/ca5667fc-156e-445b-b108-af4cee9a49d6/14TRRP_r07f07Kids_bikes.jpg Reservation Life Kids play with their bikes at sunset in Fort Yates, Standing Rock Indian reservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/f2246ed2-8d92-4b7c-b8cf-729049f959ac/13TRRP_r15f02WarChiefs.jpg Reservation Life The silhouettes of war chiefs on horses are engraved on decorative fences just outside Prairie Knights Casino, located on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/9bbdbd65-8d36-4de4-8ab4-bc856cf60fe7/13TRRP_r21_f08GinaAlexFrybread.jpg Reservation Life Gina, Lakota, works in her kitchen making home made fry bread for an upcoming family ceremony. She lives on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and raises her two sons while working as the only woman tribal police officer on her reservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/5a883915-dcec-4d61-bf5b-cd7138ff49af/15TRRP_r11f10ScottiJrsHaircut.jpg Reservation Life Scott Jr. receives a haircut from his dad while his kid sister hangs out with them in the kitchen. They are a musical family that reside on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and travel around Indian Country performing in their family band. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/945a237a-539d-49ad-bbe4-7f80d44a2143/13TRRP_r19_f03KennedyJune.jpg Reservation Life Kennedy, Lakota, brushes her grandma’s hair in the kitchen on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. She is very close to her grandma and they often bond through cooking and baking together in the kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/cf951091-b9b6-4338-b6b3-3b5cde2819da/13TRRP_r22f06AlexHudson.jpg Reservation Life Two brothers, Hudson & Alex, watch TV on a Sunday morning while their iná (mother) makes fry bread from scratch in the kitchen for an upcoming ceremony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/2152a2f7-2400-426c-b80f-cce3f8ec4f11/13TRRP_r33f12Gina.jpg Reservation Life She is single mother, Army veteran, and a federal police officer for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. After her brother’s mysterious death that left her family with unanswered questions, she was motivated to become a tribal police officer to bring justice for other people that may be facing the same. Sovereign Indian reservations have their own police force and judicial system, but do not always have jurisdiction to solving crimes that happen on federal lands. Unfortunately, this often leads to cases that often go unsolved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/b52d215a-72fb-4ebd-8ed3-b9db8147a8ab/19TRRP_r5f09_NavajoNationArrow.jpg Reservation Life An arrow sculpture within the landscape of Monument Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/7bdd8e49-ff0a-4d98-a1c6-6ecb1de8aa9d/14TRRP_r36f03ChiefFireLighting.jpg Reservation Life A mural inside the Holocaust Museum at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/2b17d590-6854-4b69-986b-66a56ec4fb47/13TRRP_r29f03JulianElijah.jpg Reservation Life Julian is a single father who works at the local casino on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Shortly after the birth of his son, the mother abandoned them both, leaving Julian to be the sole caregiver of Elijah. Both parents had succumbed to alcohol addiction and Elijah’s mother wasn’t able to cope. Julian himself was abandoned by his mother for the same reasons and his own childhood experiences motivated him to sobering up and be a strong role model for his son. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/45866fd7-8646-4196-b5c4-83006845fd18/15TRRP_r20f02_WIHS_Chiefs.jpg Reservation Life The high school sign of the football field on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Native American terms and iconography are often controversially used outside Native communities as sports team mascots with the most notorious example being the Washington Redskins. This is often perceived as cultural appropriation and there have been several attempts to change the name and mascot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/c14e9920-512c-4b67-93b9-5be876e8f24c/13TRRP_r36f02RIPWamni.jpg Reservation Life Wamni is one of many teenagers on reservations who have been killed in a car accident. Car accidents and suicides are tragically common among young Native teens and adolescents. Teen suicides among American Indian and Alaskan Native populations are triple that of the U.S. average. “‘Suicide pacts are common among kids in high school”, reveals one woman we spoke to on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Out of 12 teens in her graduating class, only four survived due to a suicide pact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/317b7536-281b-4d45-8101-15e481f039e8/15TRRP_r17f04_WindRiverFishermen.jpg Reservation Life A group of people fishing at a resevoir on the Wind River Indian Reservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/57577f68-1cd8-4e1c-bc1d-29dee815cbcc/15TRRP_r24f04_PositivePlaceforKids.jpg Reservation Life What was once a “positive place for kids” to spend their time is now an abandoned building on the Wind River Indian Reservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/3cb23d83-6ff5-4ebe-ba11-0d30110007db/14TRRP_r29f02PineRidge_skatepark.jpg Reservation Life Over the last decade, skateparks (like this one on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation) have been built within Native American communities through resources collected and/or developed by various organizations such as the Stronghold Society and the Tony Hawk Foundation as a way to bring a healthy activity to the youth living on the reservation. Reservation life doesn’t always have the infrastructure or opportunities for youth to keep active in healthy ways but these skateparks have been an asset to the youth and community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/1b300327-f824-4aa3-98c2-27fb1daff6e6/21TRRP_r4f02WindRiverCanyon.jpg Reservation Life WIND RIVER CANYON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/508b3ec7-fbcf-46e6-9b70-ad1f26d04395/15TRRP_r14f03_PIneRidge_CrossTeePee.jpg Reservation Life Wooden structures in the shape of a tipi and a cross sit by the side of a road in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. A visual depiction of the crossroads between two worlds of Christianity and traditionalism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/349035cf-3429-4fbd-9283-2daca06234c5/14TRRP_r74f09MonumentValley.jpg Reservation Life Monument Valley, Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, means valley of the rocks. It is a region that lies within Navajo Nation and is operated by tribal government. Despite the park being a popular tourist destination, about 10 families make their homes inside the park, where they live without running water or electricity and rely on farming and grazing for income. To respect their privacy and give them quiet, it is requested that visitors leave the area before sundown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/e94aa305-d501-4408-8704-7cbcd5604c10/14TRRP_r43f04StormOglala2_LG.jpg Reservation Life A storm coming towards the town of Oglala on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. 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She is a Paiute language and cultural instructor to urban Indian children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/88ed98cc-154f-4f72-8d1b-1f881783894f/16TRRP_r28f03AndyJones.jpg Urban Natives Andy left his small reservation town in Arizona and moved to Los Angeles as part of the Indian Relocation Act in the 1950's. The intent of the relocation program was to decrease subsidies to the reservations and encourage Native Americans to relocate to large cities, where they were given temporary housing and basic job trade training. However, the program had devastating effects: people felt isolated from their communities and faced constant discrimination making it difficult to keep a job. This caused many to end up homeless and addicted to alcohol and drugs with no resources to return to their reservations. Andy managed to overcome his addiction and today he works at a support center for “urban Indians” where he leads the senior group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/48b0c989-bf84-4f6b-bc2e-1bba8ca5e603/16TRRP_r36f12IshiGlinsky2.jpg Urban Natives Ishi is a self-taught artist whose artwork often illustrates traditional techniques of his tribe, the Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona, with a contemporary twist to pay homage to his heritage. Pictured, he stands on the roof of his studio in downtown Los Angeles next to a copper wire basket he sculpted which demonstrate the intricate baskets his ancestors used to make using various grasses. Ishi is considered an “urban Indian” as he resides off reservation and in an urban environment. According to a recent census, more than 70% of Native Americans live in urban areas today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/0249b2d3-ad00-4fd2-b7f1-1bbc46eaa14f/21TRRP_r2f07Salomon_outside1.jpg Urban Natives When a local school in Greeley, CO failed to eliminate their derogatory Indian mascot, the “fighting reds” back in 2002, Solomon had a brilliant idea on how to fight back. Solomon, a resident of Greeley and at the time, director of the Native American Student Services at University of Northern Colorado, thought it was time for people to see the other side of what it’s like to be a mascot. He and his intramural basketball team at UNC decided to use satire to protest. They changed their team name from “Native Pride” to the “Fightin’ Whites” and what all started out as a way to prove a point, resulted in Solomon helping raise more than $125,000 in scholarship money for Native American students at UNC. The new team mascot drew attention nation-wide and sales of logo merchandise of the 1950’s smiling Caucasian caricature went into high demand. “People that maybe never thought about these mascot issues before began to understand what it was like to be in our shoes and be a victim of stereotypes.” Today, the “fightin’ whites” no longer exist but sadly, that school in Greeley, CO continues to use the Indian mascot. However, a new Colorado law has been passed in June of 2021 that makes it illegal for schools to use these derogatory mascots. Any remaining schools have until June 2022 to change their mascots or will face a fine of $25,000 per month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/f2b2789e-cb56-4bdb-8c70-99fa64005808/Walt.jpg Urban Natives Walt, Oglala Lakota, is the founder of the Stronghold Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to building skate parks throughout Indian Country. In 2011, he built the first skatepark on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. “Skateboarding saves lives; when you put Sitting Bull or Black Elk on a skate deck, they are literally skating their culture and there is a sense of pride that comes with that”, explains Walt. Suicide on the reservation is the 2nd leading cause of death and is a real crisis for the youth. “The work I do through Stronghold Society is dedicated to instilling hope and supporting youth movements. We don’t do suicide preventions – we do ‘live life’ call to action campaigns.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/022a1933-4ad4-42da-ad05-6717c2ef0b12/PatrickKillsCrow.jpg Urban Natives Patrick is Lakota from the Standing Rock Nation and current serves as an Outreach Coordinator for the Denver Indian Family Resource Center. Patrick left the reservation when he was 9 years old and went to boarding school in South Dakota. After graduating he didn’t want to go back to the reservation, so he joined the Job Corps and eventually the military in 1968 where he served in Vietnam. “Going over there and seeing how people lived in a different country really brought me to my senses. I just couldn’t understand why I had to go across the ocean to see people that were Native like us and how they were getting exterminated. What I have seen over there was exactly what was happening here in the U.S. to us Native people.” After his tour in Vietnam, he came to Denver where his family had relocated but suffered PTSD. He couldn’t manage life in the city, so his family took him back to the reservation in North Dakota to go through healing ceremonies. Eventually, Patrick came back to Denver and continues to live here today. Although he is an elder himself, he now dedicates his life to helping Native elders through his work at the Denver Indian Family Resource Center. “I just can’t sit still and watch people suffer because I, myself, suffered. So, in return, I give back.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/763d0de1-90f4-40ad-afb1-0e3c7b4fa624/PaulKillsCrow.jpg Urban Natives Paul is Oglala Lakota from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He served a short time in the military after graduating high school found himself back on the reservation. He was having difficulty finding a job and soon heard about the Indian Relocation Program and decided to apply. He was accepted and first sent to Los Angeles to go through an appliance training program and then to Chicago where he worked in an assembly line for a TV manufacturer. “When I got off the bus, they put me in a boarding house. There were a lot of Indian guys in there mostly from the Southwest tribes and here for the relocation program too.” In 1970, he decided to settle in Denver with his wife and has been here ever since. “There’s a lot of people in Denver and I like that” says Paul. “Back home on the reservation there isn’t much.” Paul is unique in that his experience in both boarding school and the relocation program embodies exactly what the government was trying to achieve. He became a devote Catholic and felt the relocation program was a good experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/3b383cd9-40a5-4aa5-9bbd-28934b0fe721/21TRRP_r14f04Rick.jpg Urban Natives Rick, a member of the Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne tribes, is a highly respected elder in the Denver community. He moved to Denver in the late 1960’s and has accomplished much in his lifetime. He was the first Native American to graduate from the University of Nebraska, studied law at NARF (Native American Rights Fund) in Boulder and worked on many landmark cases concerning the civil rights of American Indian people in prison and was even the first to establish a sweat lodge in a correctional facility. Rick later focused much of his career on American Indian education and since retiring, continues as a researcher. In 2021, Rick discovered through research that an 1864 law was still in existence in the State of Colorado that made it legal to kill Native Americans and take their property. He worked to get that proclamation void by Governor Jared Polis. Rick continues his work today through his organization called People of the Sacred Land, which is dedicated to creating an equitable future for Indigenous people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/a22f4b72-e48d-4212-bad5-d25b00d4f156/21TRRP_BessieSmith.jpg Urban Natives Bessie, Diné, was born and raised on Navajo Nation. Her parents only spoke Diné (Navajo) and she grew up in a very traditional way. Their transportation was a horse-drawn wagon and they lived with no running water. By age 12, she was herding, shearing, and butchering sheep, weaving traditional rugs and learned to cook. In her teen years, she was taken to boarding school. “It was not a good experience. I had a rough time, and they gave me a Western name” Bessie explains. “The only language I knew, Navajo, was forbidden. My self-identity was totally different than the Western way of life. I wasn’t allowed to use my birth name for many, many years and I was told I was living the wrong way - that I wasn’t living a Christian life and therefore I was bound for hell.” In 1956, Bessie moved to Denver, started a family with her husband, and was fortunate to get a job as a file clerk at the local hospital. After her retirement in the 90’s, Bessie began to reflect on her life and to reclaim her Diné identity. “There was a point where I was ashamed to speak Navajo, even to my parents”. Today, she is outwardly proud to be a Diné woman. She makes a point to pass down her cultural knowledge to her children and grandchildren and spends her retirement years making jewelry with her daughter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/c0293db7-026c-4f78-842a-c2780c3fe3f5/RickWaters.jpg Urban Natives Rick, Kiowa, and Cherokee, is originally from Oklahoma but has made Denver his home since 1984. Rick has proudly dedicated his life to serving Indian Country in various capacities both personally and professionally but most recently serves as the Executive Director at the Denver Indian Center. After the Indian Relocation Program struck the Denver metro, the Denver Indian Center was born out of a need to have a centralized place in the city for Native people to congregate, host gatherings, celebrate culture and provide resources for American Indian people that were navigating city life for the first time. Today, the Denver Indian Center still serves Native American people with various programming including the Honoring Fatherhood Program, food pantry, Elders Circles, various cultural and language classes, ceremony events and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/161b6da0-2453-4503-9726-3b6bd79ebb8b/21TRRP_r10f01Darius.jpg Urban Natives Darius is Diné and Black and currently services as the Director of the Anti-Discrimination Office for the City of Denver. As a civil rights advocate, his wealth of knowledge and ability to navigate the governmental systems has made him an asset to the community, especially Native Americans residing in an urban area. He was born and raised in Denver and is considered an “urban Indian” but was able to spend much time on the Navajo reservation with his grandma while growing up, which kept him closely connected to his culture. The number of American Indians living in urban settings accelerated in the 1950-60’s because of the Indian Termination Policies of the era, when the U.S. government encourage Native people to leave their reservations and assimilate into mainstream culture. Today, more than 70% of Native American people reside in urban areas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/1778599336600-1H33TFSDRQFQ1J25OFDJ/19TRRP_r13f05_SarahOrtegon.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/5a54c651-2d8d-496f-b36a-09cf9fa14a98/Street+Scenes+-Second+American+Indian+Fine+Arts%2C+Crafts+and+Trade+Show+1977.jpg https://redroadproject.com/two-worlds daily 0.75 2026-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/7285daae-77bc-460f-94ab-04e8f820c8fa/13TRRP_r24f06DowntownFortYates.jpg Two Worlds Fort Yates, once a U.S. Army post, is now the tribal headquarters for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The main street in Fort Yates is named after Sitting Bull, a respected chief and holy man of the Hunkpapa band of the Lakota people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/3b648d21-c250-429a-b9c1-0df5f9cd7b79/14TRRP_r38f06AmericanEyez.jpg Two Worlds Two young boys of the Ohkay Owingeh Puebloan Tribe formed the band called “American Eyez”. They are from Oklahoma City and travel around reservations performing AC/DC cover songs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/508b3ec7-fbcf-46e6-9b70-ad1f26d04395/15TRRP_r14f03_PIneRidge_CrossTeePee.jpg Two Worlds Wooden structures in the shape of a tipi and a cross sit by the side of a road in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. A visual depiction of the crossroads between two worlds of Christianity and traditionalism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/e7fc3469-90c0-476e-8321-ff0e0660396b/14TRRP_r52f04WahpeClifford.jpg Two Worlds Wahpé, a young Lakota teen sitting in her bedroom on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. She formed a band with her father and brother called “Scatter Their Own” and are all self-taught musicians. They tour around Indian Country and perform their original songs, their lyrics often telling stories of healing and taking a stand against injustices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/8b138a45-a802-48a6-ac85-cbeaab7fda7b/14TRRP_r121f02KelliBrooke.jpg Two Worlds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/998bb628-64bf-4844-adc4-63e1669254db/14TRRP_r124f08HenriettaStandsNelson.jpg Two Worlds Henrietta, a Lakota woman from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, rides her modern-day horse, a Harley Davidson named “Thunder”.  At age 51 years old, she decided to fulfill a life-long dream of riding motorcycle.  Today, she participates in long-distance rides to honor various Native American causes, many of which take several days to complete.  One of her most recent rides was the Dakota Memorial Ride which commemorates the forced removal of the Dakota and Winnebago Nations from their lands during the Dakota Conflict of 1862. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/178bf830-e5cd-4d0c-94b4-533c8da18e60/14TRRP_r121f02KelliBrooke.jpg Two Worlds A musician and mother, Kelli Brooke spends her time writing and recording music for her band, “The Oh, Johnny! Girls.” Kelli is the daughter of the internationally recognized Native American artist and former Chief of the Seminole Nation, Enoch Kelly Haney. She wears a traditional hand-stitched Seminole skirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/8b0b8eb8-480e-467c-bbf4-b456a4eb10d8/15TRRP_r28f07_JarrodFerris.jpg Two Worlds Jarrod is an Eastern Shoshone and Arapaho boy from the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. He has been riding bulls since he was a young boy. “I hope to become a World Champion one day so I can buy my mom a house.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/bd5b765b-807c-4a9c-84a4-cca4e3528738/13TRRP_r05f03DancerGettingReady.jpg Two Worlds A dancer gets ready a the United Tribes International Pow wow in Bismarck, North Dakota. A pow wow is a gathering of intertribal American Indians to celebrate their heritage through dance, song, food, traditional regalia and renewing of friendships. Pow wows are held in circular arenas, where the dancers occupy the center and the drummers play on the outer circle. Despite common assumption, pow wows are typically open for everyone to attend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/ac33083f-9d74-4f81-aa0e-5cfe40f72512/13TRRP_r37f01HorsesCannonball.jpg Two Worlds Horses on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/389df758-1300-403c-a2c7-88b6aa2da313/14TRRP_r109f03HeatherAbeita.jpg Two Worlds Heather grew up on a small farm on the Isleta Pueblo Reservation in New Mexico, a community of about 3,000 people. Her upbringing has given her a strong desire to help preserve her community and the land in self-sustaining ways. “Agriculture is extremely important to my tribe not only for sustainability but also for religious purposes. The corn is very sacred to us and we need a place to grow it and provide it to our own people”. She has been working on passing a land and wildlife preservation bill on the Reservation to further her efforts in bringing self-sustainability to her community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/691988e8-4bdc-4aba-b397-30d8c2bbb8ed/13TRRP_r01f07ToniaJoDancing_PRINTscan.jpg Two Worlds Tonia Jo is well-known amongst the powwow circuit and has danced jingle-style since she was able to walk. She travels across the country also performing stand-up comedy as one of the only Native American female comedians. She believes that “laughter is medicine” and uses Native humor throughout her act. She can be found on YouTube performing as her alter-ego character, “Auntie Beachress”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/43325e7f-48f2-44cd-a5b6-0d809655c34d/15TRRP_r02f02_FastEddie_TwoBraids.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/4af72e93-6c34-4db0-8e5d-cb92d1ae7f25/boombox+and+drum+1983.jpg https://redroadproject.com/activism daily 0.75 2026-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/7e59e3df-8fee-49fb-ac0b-8358cf742574/14TRRP_r13f12SarahJumpingEagle.jpg Activism Sara is a mother of 3 and a pediatrician working on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation for the Lakota and Dakota people. In 2012, Sara and her husband were part of saving Pe’ Sla, a sacred site in the Black Hills of South Dakota that is considered to be the center and heart of everything that is. It is part of the Lakota creation story and is used in many ceremonies to sustain the Lakota way of life. They privately raised almost $1MM of the $9MM needed to buy back the land so it could be protected and in the hands of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (The Great Sioux Nation). Sara is pictured wearing a shawl that was given to her by her grandmother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/4c221af0-9741-4f2a-9d88-fd0463a69df4/16TRRP_r02f02OcetiSakowinFamily.jpg Activism Family with horse by the River at the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/6b120d08-7209-4981-aedd-862914e411e8/16TRRP_r01f11OcetiSakowinAltar.jpg Activism An altar at the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Camp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/2e7501de-2309-4dfd-b6d9-8809a2da01eb/LaDonna.jpg Activism LaDonna Bravebull sits in her office at the Tribal Historic Preservation Building on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. She spearheaded the #NoDAPL movement in North Dakota in 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/b00756c8-49f0-4caa-84e2-389796f4e245/24TRRP_r15f01AlcatrazIndiansWelcome.jpg Activism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/25fa7724-d16b-4387-a84d-674e5de6c30c/16TRRP_r04f09TipiAlcatraz.jpg Activism Every year, Native American groups travel to Alcatraz island to participate in a sunrise ceremony on “Thanksgiving Day” as a way to commemorate the victims of murder and genocide that occurred on what most Americans celebrate as festive Thanksgiving Day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/6bd94f48-b9fa-45db-a21a-9644354dc00b/19TRRP_r3f04_JulianaBrownEyesJulianaBrownEyes.jpg Activism Juliana, an Oglala Lakota woman from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, is currently studying film at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in New Mexico. She has been a long-time activist on environmental issues, particularly those that effect Native American lands and water. Since 2018, she has been working on a documentary film about water rights with special highlights surrounding the protests that occurred in 2016 at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/70ea920e-9f2d-46b9-b70d-2271802b75fb/16TRRP_r03f02OcetiSakowin.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/9e00ea62-6b42-4988-8d31-4307a53e420b/American+Indian+Movement+in+Washington+DC+1978.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/d153eeb0-a8b6-4f8b-8cde-eaea0aea9f1a/Declaration+of+Independence+1970s.jpg https://redroadproject.com/7th-generation daily 0.75 2026-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/4aff783a-4b1d-454c-a4bb-0a11e51c3520/13TRRP_r08f01SheenaInHerBedroom.jpg 7th Generation Danielle works as a Judge for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. During law school, she participated in several Native American pageants as a way to earn scholarships for college, but also to represent herself and other young women from her tribe. In 2016, she won the most prominent title in Native American pageantry as Miss Indian World. She was the first from her tribe to win. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/f979468c-b10b-43bc-a353-476eb3c86269/14TRRP_r11f04AlaynaEagleShield_ToniaJoHall.jpg 7th Generation Alayna (left) and Tonia Jo. These two Lakota women introduce themselves as sisters, even though there is no blood relation. “We take each other as sisters in the Lakota way”, says Tonia Jo. In the Dakota/Lakota culture, one doesn’t need matching DNA to be considered family. For centuries, tribal communities have always taken care of one another and the idea of “take what you need and give the rest away” has always been their way of life. Tonia Jo is a well known comedian within the Native American communities and often portrays her alter-ego, “Auntie Beachress.” Amidst the #NoDAPL protests on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, Alayna, a Lakota Language specialist, started the Mní Wičhóni Nakíčižiŋ Owáyawa (Defenders of the Water School) as a way to teach the children at the camp to continue their education. The school has evolved into a quarterly cultural gathering with plans to open as a long term Lakota-based school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/de8e0c53-7201-42a2-96a7-bf80128372c8/13TRRP_r04f08Martin.jpg 7th Generation A Koyukon-Athabascan and Tlingit man from Alaska, Martin is an actor, model and motivational speaker for Indian youth. Before he found himself featured in Hollywood films, he was working on oil rigs in his hometown of Yakutat, Alaska. Today, he has a successful career in Hollywood, breaking the cycle of Native Americans being one of the most marginalized minorities in the industry. For many decades, Native Americans have been inaccurately represented and were never hired to portray the American Indian. Instead, non-Natives would be given the role and would paint their faces or dress up in costumes which continued the appropriation of the culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/96c71dcd-f1df-4124-977d-3c714c56655e/14TRRP_r95f01SageHonga.jpg 7th Generation Sage, of Hualapai descent, earned the title of 1st attendant in the 2012 Miss Native American USA pageant. From that point forward, she has been encouraging Native youth to travel off the reservation to explore opportunities. Sage speaks to youth focusing on four fundamental principles: traditionalism, spirituality, contemporary issues and education. Sage stands at the base of the Grand Canyon in waters that are sacred to her people. She wears traditional Hualapai make-up on her cheeks and a hand-made dress made by a family member. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/414d7c79-a9b8-4df9-9997-796025d56a3e/15TRRP_r07f04_IshkotenDougi.jpg 7th Generation Ishko, an artist of Jicarilla Apache and Diné descent, sits in his art studio on the Isleta Pueblo Indian Reservation in New Mexico surrounded by his artwork that represents some of the atrocities inflicted on Native Americans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/c25ba7db-8a88-40f8-ad9b-0b356d64b69b/14TRRP_r113f05JuanitaToledo.jpg 7th Generation Juanita had a long list of accomplishments and was the ideal role model to her community. She was valedictorian of her charter school, President of the Native American Youth Empowerment group, and on the executive committee of UNITY (United National Indian Tribal Youth Organization). During college things changed dramatically for Juanita. She felt the pressure of life and experienced a very traumatizing family event. She quickly fell into depression, anxiety and succumbed to drugs and alcohol. In 2012, she had a turning point. “I started to believe in my dreams and in myself again.” Today, she works for the Community Wellness program on her reservation and has influenced positive changes in the program and in her community, particularly with youth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/281f5a14-5ed6-44ef-8c46-3ec703b589dd/13TRRP_r24f10Mataya.jpg 7th Generation Mataya has considered joining the military after high school and said, “being in the army would be cool, but being an Indian in the army would be even cooler.” Native Americans seem to suffer racism and discrimination in many places; but in the military, they are highly-respected and have a very interesting presence within the U.S. military history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/7034bb65-1861-428c-9c47-c81bb638431b/15TRRP_r01f11_CrisostoApache.jpg 7th Generation From the Mescalero Apache Tribe in New Mexico, Crisosto is a published poet. He writes pieces that support the LGBTQ initiatives that he is involved with as a gay, indigenous man. Growing up on the reservation, he was exposed to a different point of view in terms of what it meant to be “gay”. Among his people and in other various indigenous teachings, being homosexual is coined as being “two-spirited”, which is rooted from traditional philosophies of gender-defined spaces: a male and female universe, a male and female rain, Father Sky and Mother Earth, etc. It is believed that among these spaces some people are born with the gift of walking between both of these identities and offering value of both worlds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/2682f8a8-790b-4bf5-a989-aaeb2ba87857/19TRRP_r7f11_BuffaloBarbie.jpg 7th Generation Buffalo Barbie, Diné, identities as two-spirit and is an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights within the Native American community. She won the title of 2019 Miss Montana Two Spirit and uses this as a platform to speak to other Natives on the blessings of being a two-spirited person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/1778599424017-KVUOK2RJW9FMG4IOO86U/13TRRP_r13f03UnitedTribesPowWow.jpg https://redroadproject.com/isle-de-jean-charles daily 0.75 2026-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/f09cd019-4567-4052-8bd8-bd9d6063c161/17TRRP_r31f08HowardBrunet.jpg Isle de Jean Charles Howard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/863d99a7-77d8-4075-a1e6-39761cb5a385/17TRRP_r39f01DeadEndBayou.jpg Isle de Jean Charles The tiny levee that encompasses the island helps to keep out water from small currents and tidal forces, but it has also displaced the major food source for the community: fish, crab, and shrimp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/ce27749a-efe3-4d7b-8ad5-4c0d0850c786/17TRRP_r56f07UpDaBayou.jpg Isle de Jean Charles "An Angry Wasp is faster than ya pirogue":
Hand made signs near Pointe au Chien, deep in the Louisiana bayous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/5da523ac-9512-4df1-aab0-45e7188f6667/17TRRP_r18f12ChrisBrunet.jpg Isle de Jean Charles Chris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/038b5452-8cc6-402a-89ee-0067c3a9c4dd/17TRRP_r38f11EdisonDardar.jpg Isle de Jean Charles Edison has specialized in shrimping his entire life: “I used to catch about 300 pounds per day and now I’m lucky if I get enough for dinner”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/51763ef8-e1af-49da-b99f-8c8e88ef487f/17TRRP_r30f01JakeBilliot.jpg Isle de Jean Charles Jake Billiot, age 74, is a member of the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe in Louisiana. He is a retired shrimp boat captain and bought his first boat at the age of 12.  Today, he sits on the tribal council and advocates to maintain and preserve the land for the Point-au-Chien Indians.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/58d8333f-08e9-415b-9ef6-1f57d26ac4ac/17TRRP_r33f10JulietteBrunet.jpg Isle de Jean Charles Juliette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/446845ee-dbab-4b35-b216-137eefa185fe/17TRRP_r37f09EdisonDardarBar.jpg Isle de Jean Charles Edison's bench press and bar at the back of his house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/d14af4a2-94ce-48ac-a2ff-13573f9a454e/17TRRP_r27f12BlueCrabs.jpg Isle de Jean Charles Blue crabs, a local source of food for the tribe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/250d3c7c-9d6d-40b0-b101-71d1280c5e02/17TRRP_r39f11IslandRd.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/6d513acc-4c46-4649-8ac6-83a216855da6/17TRRP_r20f06OceliaMark.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/906043a1-a2c3-4caf-9f3f-c982d0a616fd/17TRRP_r38f04EdisonDardarFishing.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/ed8df2f3-a6d4-4540-9f45-25201a7d434d/17TRRP_r03f10IslandRd_end.jpg https://redroadproject.com/winnemem-wintu daily 0.75 2026-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/2226d8b1-4a56-4040-aa35-cea6eb5596fc/18TRRP_R4S_r14f12CorinnaGould.jpg Winnemem Wintu Corrina Gould is the tribal spokesperson and leader for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan. She is also co-founder of the Sogorea Te' Land Trust which is an urban Indigenous women-led land trust based in the San Francisco Bay Area that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people. She is photographed here taking a break during the 2-week spiritual journey led by the Winnemem Wintu tribe as they prayed for the return of their sacred chinook salmon and protection of the waterways. Corrina continues to fight for the protection of the Shellmounds, uphold her Nation's inherent right to sovereignty, and stand in solidarity with her Indigenous relatives to protect sacred waters, mountains, and lands all over the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/b3ec55f5-303a-4aa7-a2c6-bfeadfca83dc/18TRRP_r09f03R4S_walkRefinery.jpg Winnemem Wintu Participants of the Run4Salmon journey walk, sing and drum as they pass by an oil and gas refinery outside of Martinez, CA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/09caa1f7-6557-4582-a623-0744bc33a9a1/18TRRP_r25f03ChiefCaleenSiskBOR.jpg Winnemem Wintu Chief Caleen of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe in Northern California holds a handmade sign during a protest at the Bureau of Reclamation in Sacramento, CA. The Tribe wants the BOR, who manages the Shasta Dam and is in charge of implementing fish and wildlife projects, to fund the restoration of the salmon project rather than spending funds on raising the dam. The expansion project is under way and it is expected to be completed in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/fadae961-1e5c-49a0-8a0b-18f75f0a0688/18TRRP_r50f03StewieSmoking.jpg Winnemem Wintu Stewie relaxes after a 30-mile leg on bicycle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/ad33c2d8-3242-4b02-9a24-274d50af4d46/18TRRP_r46f04Pond.jpg Winnemem Wintu Tribal members of the Winemem Wintu Tribe take a break from the sun to swim in a watering hole near Chico, CA. They are on a 375-mile, two-week journey to Mt. Shasta from the San Francisco Bay to raise awareness to the extinction their sacred Chinook salmon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/183bb3f2-6080-4968-9977-d4f391b95619/18TRRP_r28f09WarPonysShield.jpg Winnemem Wintu A ceremonial shield sits nearby during preparation for a sweat lodge ceremony at Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/59878592-355b-4669-86cc-9775c5de293d/18TRRP_R4S_r38f12ElijahOakes.jpg Winnemem Wintu Elijah Oakes, Mohawk & Pomo descent, is the grandson of Richard Oakes, who led the occupation of Alcatraz from 1969-71. Elijah is photographed here during the "Run 4 Salmon" 2-week prayer journey that is led by the Winnemem Wintu tribe. Elijah has carried on his grandpa's legacy in being active in standing up for Native American rights, specifically within various California communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/bf1bc85e-d730-4380-95ee-8280bbdc3ee0/18TRRP_r59f02LunaSequoiaSalmon.jpg Winnemem Wintu Luna and her daughter Sequoia take a moment during the Run4Salmon journey to pray for the salmon and the healing of the waterways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/f646de7b-bb7b-40a0-986e-74b40f30b3be/18TRRP_r63f18NickElijahCanoe.jpg Winnemem Wintu Nick and Elijah are paddling up the Sacramento River in a hand carved dugout canoe. This was a 20-mile boat segment which is part of the overall 375-mile journey that takes two weeks to complete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/8aa59536-857e-4caa-b0c1-61d3686a9d8f/18TRRP_r71f03WinnememWintuInTheRiver.jpg Winnemem Wintu Members of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe wait for the arrival of the participants of “Run4Salmon” to their sacred grounds on the McCloud River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/5292f7e0-6575-4dbc-a2a1-09afa290c092/18TRRP_r72f03PomRegalia.jpg Winnemem Wintu Pom, son of Chief Caleen Sisk, prepares for a ceremonial dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/ff46c4fe-29d7-49cd-b43c-77563db8688e/18TRRP_r71f11Arbor.jpg Winnemem Wintu This ceremonial arbor was hand built by the men tribe using tree poles and branches. It was used for the closing ceremony of the 2018 Run4Salmon journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/61339eb5-3a64-46b4-a3a7-b899e5b11a7e/18TRRP_r74f04WinnememWintuWarDance.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/90eba41b-8efc-4778-995d-df39a1eedb89/18TRRP_r64f11ShastaDam.jpg https://redroadproject.com/our-mother-is-crying daily 0.75 2026-05-14 https://redroadproject.com/in-the-media1 daily 0.75 2026-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/851d7adc-29ff-4d3a-a352-69529659199d/ITM01_TRRP_MC_UK01.jpg In the media Marie Claire United Kingdom, August 2014 issue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/f9fd0b94-9112-41b6-ba34-868eb4dadd16/ITM02_TRRP_MC_UK02.jpg In the media Marie Claire United Kingdom, August 2014 issue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/4c453851-30b6-4399-82ed-8928a54d97b9/ITM03_TRRP_MC_UK03.jpg In the media Marie Claire United Kingdom, August 2014 issue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/0e77efd1-b20d-4b92-9f8a-4d9c8ff0a5bd/ITM04_TRRP_MC_UK04.jpg In the media Marie Claire United Kingdom, August 2014 issue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/a5fb9ee5-4784-4511-926d-cff61a95e79b/ITM05_TRRP_MC_FR01.jpg In the media Marie Claire France, August 2014 issue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/6db6f714-89ef-4dd3-8911-f8b95b5c6e92/ITM06_TRRP_MC_FR02.jpg In the media Marie Claire France, August 2014 issue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/1a894e17-e78b-4826-92f3-596f20ff39f3/ITM07_TRRP_MC_FR03.jpg In the media Marie Claire France, August 2014 issue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/fa5cce2e-422b-4310-ba24-9331b5102417/ITM08_TRRP_MC_FR04.jpg In the media Marie Claire France, August 2014 issue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/6e3ec7d1-4707-45ec-8816-798ad6bd630d/2014_12_KZ_TRRP_MarieClaire_Kazakhstan1.jpg In the media Marie Claire Kazakhstan, December 2014 issue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/de39503f-68be-4246-b383-210b68d4a46c/2014_12_KZ_TRRP_MarieClaire_Kazakhstan2.jpg In the media Marie Claire Kazakhstan, December 2014 issue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/aaa8c0e2-2194-4f21-a0f5-0ad5035323a6/ITM09_TRRP_CDS01.jpg In the media Corriere della Sera, Italy, May 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/1395a464-593c-4b51-b715-3b5aa2a6954f/ITM10_TRRP_CDS02.jpg In the media Corriere della Sera, Italy, May 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/360123f0-e861-46e5-b406-566ef1f86b0e/ITM11_TRRP_CDS03.jpg In the media Corriere della Sera, Italy, May 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/c159b54d-f6ae-40cd-937f-30a77b3b0d61/ITM12_TRRP_CDS04.jpg In the media Corriere della Sera, Italy, May 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/fbb740fa-51f3-40c3-8d47-95f89bd9e98c/ITM13_TRRP_CH_Newsweek01.jpg In the media China Newsweek, February 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/962134e9-f1c8-4d69-a4c0-dd399f2e2c08/ITM14_TRRP_CH_Newsweek02.jpg In the media China Newsweek, February 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/c13dea4b-e9cd-4384-9f11-bde665cdab6c/ITM15_TRRP_CH_Newsweek03.jpg In the media China Newsweek, February 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/075e1e8a-fcaf-43b6-97d4-2262b6940cfe/AFR030119PhotoEssay-1.jpg In the media Afar, March/April 2019 issue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/57d70ae5-151f-4584-ba78-da20595f79ab/AFR030119PhotoEssay-3+copy.jpg In the media Afar, March/April 2019 issue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/e9f7aeb7-442b-4d3c-8cd9-77ec62e1714a/AFR030119PhotoEssay-5+copy.jpg In the media Afar, March/April 2019 issue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a02f8350711c21a0e6b274c/420e5afa-9d19-4f48-9c4f-e5802fa44a68/AFR030119PhotoEssay-7+copy.jpg In the media Afar, March/April 2019 issue