La Donna Brave Bull Allard in her home. On her land began the standing to stop the North Dakota Pipeline. These lands are sacred to the Natives and her son’s grave is situated near the border where the pipeline is supposed to pass. Fort Yates, ND.
Water tower. On the way from Cannon Ball to Bismarck Highway 6, ND
Horses at Victoria’s ranch. She is a 47-year-old woman and got married to a native from the Standing Rock Reservation. She has 6 children and she initially joined the protest movement against the pipeline but today she prefers to stay away from the reservation as she claims that drugs and alcohol have arrived there, too. Cannon Ball, ND
September 2015 but she prefers not to show her face to the media towards which she is suspicious. She thinks that the tribal chairman is very corrupted. Now that the Standing Rock Reservation Camps have been cleared, she wants to carry on with the protest and go to Washington DC and she will go on with it until the voice of her people will be heard. She has a new tattoo on her hand, a permanent mark of the “Water Protectors”. Sacred Stone Camp, Cannon Ball, ND.
Muhamad, 8: 3 brothers and 2 sisters. They came from Colorado with their dad in December 2016. They were supposed to stay at the Sacred Stone Camp for 2 or 3 days but following these events, they remained there at least until the camp was closed in March 2017. They attended home schooling at the camp and lived in a Yurt.. Sacred Stone Camp, Cannon Ball, ND
Cori,12: 3 brothers and 2 sisters. They came from Colorado with their dad in December 2016. They were supposed to stay at the Sacred Stone Camp for 2 or 3 days but following these events, they remained there at least until the camp was closed in March 2017. They attended home schooling at the camp and lived in a Yurt.. Sacred Stone Camp, Cannon Ball, ND
On the way from Cannon Ball to Bismarck. ND
On the way from Cannon Ball to Bismarck. ND
James. He is a drug addicted and has no opinion about the North Dakota Access Pipeline. Fort Yates, ND
Fort Yates, ND. It is situated inside the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. It has about 2000 inhabitants and almost all of them are Native Americans. It is a very poor place with a 60% unemployment rate and a 50% early school leaving rate as well as serious problems related to alcohol abuse, drugs and violence.
Jorty’s home. She is 33 and she lives just outside the Sacred Stone Camp. It was the first standing camp against the pipeline built on La Donna Brave Bull Allard’s allotments. She loved the camp at the beginning but, when a lot of people from outside started to arrive, she felt afraid and so she decided to lock the door of her house. She didn’t allow her daughters to take part in the camp activities because she didn’t want them to feel the divisions between Indians and white people. Cannon Ball, ND.
Ashley, 28. She was at the camp both in August and in September with her family to protest and pray. At the beginning everything was fine but now it is time for these people to go back to their homes. She thinks that the tribal chairman sometimes has no clear idea about what to do but since it is a difficult situation and she understands him. She is planning to go to Bismarck with her family because there are much more opportunities there. Fort Yates, ND.
American Horse and his daughter Elly,18. When the photo was shot he was visibly drunk and his daughter had a lot of black and blue bruises on her face. They don’t really care about the issue of the pipeline and the camp. Cannon Ball, ND.
Buffalo bone with a blade on the top, traditionally used for treating the elks’ skin.. Home of Belisha White Eagle. Cannon Ball, ND.
The Missouri River on the border with the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. The Indian Natives have never given the permission to the NDAPL passing here: it is the last abuse of power by the US Government against them. That is the reason why the standing has started and thousands of people have come to North Dakota, trying to stop the oil industry until the President Donald Trump, with an act of force, had ordered to finish the work without the environmental controls that Obama had promised. Fort Yates, ND.
