• Sarah Stacke

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  • "Shooting (with love) in Manenberg" <br>May 12, 2016<br>
  • Naomi with Shaquille. 2012.
  • Evening settles over the Cheyenne River Reservation, a sovereign Lakota Nation within the state of South Dakota. This image was made along the Native American Scenic Byway, which runs through central South Dakota. The route offers travelers diverse landscapes and insights into tribal history and culture.
  • The Missouri River forms the eastern boundary of the Cheyenne River Reservation, a sovereign Lakota Nation within the state of South Dakota.
  • A dog soaks up the day’s last light on the Cheyenne River Reservation, a sovereign Lakota Nation within the state of South Dakota.
  • The moon rises over the Cheyenne River Reservation, a sovereign Lakota Nation within the state of South Dakota. This image was made along the Native American Scenic Byway, which runs through central South Dakota. The route offers travelers diverse landscapes and insights into tribal history and culture.
  • The first light of the day brightens Eagle Butte, the largest city on the Cheyenne River Reservation, a sovereign Lakota nation in the state of South Dakota.
  • Two young boys play in a raft on Fairy Lake in Stearns County, Minnesota, at sunset.
  • A small bridge marks the passage between two popular fishing lakes in northern Minnesota. Though Minnesota is known as the "land of 10,000 lakes," there are actually 11,842 lakes in the state.
  • A young boy pulls up a minnow trap from a dock on Fairy Lake in northern Minnesota.
  • A dirt road passes between two lakes in northern Minnesota. Though Minnesota is known as the "land of 10,000 lakes," there are actually 11,842 lakes in the state.
  • Lily pads and cattails grow along the shore of Lily Lake in Stearns County, Minnesota.
  • A sun muted by the smoke of wildfires peeks through trees in northern Minnesota.
  • Fairy Lake in Stearns County, Minnesota, shimmers in the fading daylight. Fairy is one of more than 11,000 lakes in the state of Minnesota.
  • A car leaves a trail of dust on the Cheyenne River Reservation, a sovereign Lakota nation in South Dakota. Covering roughly 4,200 square miles (10,900 square kilometers), it is the fourth largest reservation in the country.
  • A cemetery in Cherry Creek, South Dakota. A small community on the Cheyenne River Reservation, Cherry Creek has been occupied for at least 270 years and is believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited place in the state. It is of great cultural and historical importance to Lakota people.
  • The Cheyenne River Reservation covers 4,267 square miles (11,051 square kilometers) in the state of South Dakota and is home to the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation.
  • A horse walks across a field at Gunville Ranch on the Cheyenne River Reservation, a sovereign Lakota nation in the state of South Dakota.
  • In a magical moment to behold, wild horses drink from the Moreau River on the Cheyenne River Reservation, a sovereign Lakota nation in the state of South Dakota. The Moreau is a tributary of the Missouri River, which forms the reservation's eastern boundary.
  • The Moreau River, a tributary of the Missouri River, runs through the Cheyenne River Reservation, creating steep cut banks along the way. Home to the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation, the reservation covers 4,267 square miles (11,051 square kilometers) in the state of South Dakota and is the fourth largest reservation in the United States. The Missouri River forms the reservation’s eastern boundary and the Cheyenne River forms its southern boundary.
  • Ava Grindstone plays on her family's land along the Moreau River on the Cheyenne River Reservation, a sovereign Lakota nation in the state of South Dakota. The Moreau is a tributary of the Missouri River, which forms the reservation's eastern boundary.
  • A sunset at once red, orange, and pink lingers over Eagle Butte, the largest city on the Cheyenne River Reservation, a sovereign Lakota nation in South Dakota.
  • Kituwah, a sacred Cherokee site in the Great Smoky Mountains, is pictured from inside Amy Walker’s truck. Today Kituwah, which was reclaimed by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in 1996 after being forced off the land during colonization, is used for cultural gatherings, recreation, and gardening. Before going into Amy’s garden at Kituwah, we drank coffee and shared stories of being women and mothers.
  • The last of the day’s light brushes trees lining Tatham Gap Road near Robbinsville, North Carolina. I spent hours on Tatham Gap, a remote dirt passage through the mountains. The history of this place is heavy and in the air. Tatham Gap runs alongside the wagon route North Carolina troops built in 1838 to forcibly remove Cherokee people from their homelands in the Great Smoky Mountains. An estimated 17,000 Cherokee were made to walk nearly 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) to Oklahoma in an event known as the Trail of Tears. Tatham Gap passes over Snowbird Mountain, which has an elevation of 3,800 feet (1,158 meters). In crossing Snowbird, the Cherokee prisoners climbed the highest point along the Trail of Tears.
  • Sunsets in the Great Smoky Mountains rarely disappoint. It looks like I experienced this moment in solitude, but there were people picnicking and sitting in camping chairs all around me. As soon as the reds and oranges faded from the sky, they got in their cars and sped away and then, suddenly, I was alone. This photo was made near the Qualla Boundary, home of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) in western North Carolina. The Cherokee’s ancestral homelands once covered much of present-day North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. Today, the EBCI is reclaiming culturally and historically important lands lost during colonization.
  • A section of the Great Smoky Mountains near the Qualla Boundary, home of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), in western North Carolina. The EBCI can trace their history in this region back more than 10,000 years. Today, the Eastern Cherokee are reclaiming culturally and historically important lands lost during colonization.
  • The Blue Ridge Parkway runs for 469 miles (755 kilometers) through Virginia and North Carolina. This image was made on a morning drive while I was working in nearby Cherokee, North Carolina, which marks the southern end of the parkway. Large trucks aren’t allowed on the parkway and the speed limit is 45 miles an hour, allowing visitors to take in the scenic overlooks, bountiful foliage, and turkey, elk, squirrels, and other wildlife that hang out nearby.
  • The flashing neon lights of a self-service car wash in Cherokee, North Carolina, brighten the night.
  • The Cherokee Fall Fair is an annual event on the Qualla Boundary, home of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, in western North Carolina. The fair is a centuries-old tradition that attracts many tourists, but first and foremost it is a gathering of Cherokee families and elders.
  • A horse walks across a fresh blanket of snow on the Cheyenne River Reservation, a sovereign Lakota Nation within the state of South Dakota. The fourth largest reservation in the United States, Cheyenne River covers 4,267 square miles (11,051 square kilometers).
  • Terns rest on old pilings near Higgs Beach in Key West, Florida.
  • A person swims in the water off Higgs Beach in Key West, Florida. This was a surprisingly quiet and solitary moment in a popular destination.
  • Could She Flip It? <br> October 21, 2020
  • Trash Piles Up in Parks, Just When New Yorkers Need Them the Most <br> August 27, 2020
  • Photos Day or Night: The Archive of Hugh Mangum
  • Photos Day or Night: The Archive of Hugh Mangum
  • Hugh Mangum, self-portrait
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Manguml
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum, property of Martha Sumler
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum, property of Martha Sumler
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum, property of Martha Sumler
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • The New York Times <br>How We Juneteenth,
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • Photograph by Hugh Mangum
  • The moon rises over the Cheyenne River Reservation. October 28, 2020.
  • Social distancing and limited capacity is enforced at the Lakota Thrifty Mart in Eagle Butte. October 23, 2020.
  • Motorist checkpoints on roads with access to the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota operate 24 hours per day. To help prevent the spread of Covid-19, only residents, essential workers, and commercial vehicles are allowed to enter the reservation.Staffing the checkpoints was hard work. South Dakota’s winters are brutal, and some drivers were angry that they couldn't access the reservation. Still, hundreds of tribal members stepped forward to be deputized as special health and safety officers. Remi Bald Eagle, the intergovernmental affairs coordinator for the tribe, told me, “​We have to do what we can with what we have. And what we have is strong, resilient and beautifully humorous people who are willing to lay down their lives and stand on our borders...and do the work necessary to help keep this virus from spreading." October 24, 2020.
  • Birds fly through a sunflower field on the Cheyenne River Reservation. October 24, 2020.
  • Joyce Edwards is required to wear a mask and gloves while shopping inside the Lakota Thrifty Mart in Eagle Butte. In contrast to Republican governor Kristi Noem’s approach to the pandemic, the leadership of the Cheyenne River Reservation, a sovereign Lakota nation, have taken a vigilant approach to the pandemic. October 23, 2020.
  • Shantoya Bruguier is the shift leader at the Cheyenne River Bridge checkpoint on Highway 63, located on the southern border of the Cheyenne River Reservation. Bruguier has been a member of the Cheyenne River Covid security team since April. “We can do this for our people, so this is what we’re gonna do,” says Bruguier of the checkpoints. “We gotta do what we gotta do to protect our people.” Against the tribe’s rights as a sovereign Lakota nation, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem ordered the tribe to remove the barriers, a demand it has rejected. October 23, 2020.
  • Calvin Edwards reads a magazine inside his home. October 24, 2020.
  • Signs on the door of the Edwards’s home in Eagle Butte instruct visitors to wear a mask and not to enter if sick. Several family members, spanning three generations, live inside the house, including elders Joyce Edwards, 64, and her husband, Calvin Edwards, 62. October 30, 2020.
  • The grave of Etokeah, known as Chief Hump, a Minηicoηjou Lakota and revered leader, in Cherry Creek. Hump, a comrade of Crazy Horse and Red Cloud, refused to sign the Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1866 and in 1876 led men into battle against Generals George Crook and George Custer. After the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890, Hump and several other Lakota leaders traveled to Washington, D.C., asking for fair treatment of their people. He died in Cherry Creek in 1908. October 29, 2020.
  • The Missouri River separates the Cheyenne River Reservation from the state of South Dakota. October 27, 2020.
  • Mona Grindstone, a member of the Cheyenne River Covid security team, records motorist data collected at the checkpoints on roads with access to the Cheyenne River Reservation. Grindstone, who works from home, is also a full-time student at Oglala Lakota College. October 28, 2020.
  • Willis Hayes visits the grave of Morris Little Shield, his grandfather, in Cherry Creek. Cherry Creek is believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited place in the state and is of great cultural and historical importance to Lakota people. Throughout the 20th century Cherry Creek was known to be strongly committed to traditional Lakota ways. October 26, 2020.
  • Eagle Butte is the largest city on the Cheyenne River Reservation, a sovereign Lakota Nation in the state of South Dakota. The city is home to tribal headquarters. Like the rest of the U.S., Cheyenne River has reached a Covid-19 vaccination plateau. But in Cheyenne River, the root cause of hesitancy is lingering mistrust of the U.S. government tied to the history of betrayal. March 11, 2021.
  • Infection control nurse Molly Longrake, left, and Vicki Hebb talk in the waiting room of the Cherry Creek clinic while Hebb waits the required 15 minutes after her Covid-19 vaccination. March 9, 2021.
  • Infection control nurse and tribal member Molly Longbrake has been on the frontlines of the pandemic since it arrived on the reservation. The most challenging part of the vaccine rollout, according to Longbrake, has been combatting vaccine hesitancy. “Our main goal is to protect everybody,” she says. “It’s such a scary disease.” March 4, 2021.
  • A mural by M. Running Wolf depicts the Sun Dance, often considered the most important ceremony practiced by the Lakota. The US government outlawed the Sun Dance in 1904, and it wasn’t until 1978 that the American Indian Religious Freedom Act was passed, protecting the rights of Native Americans to exercise their traditional religions. March 7, 2021.
  • Joyce Edwards hesitated before getting the Covid-19 vaccine, but after listening to Dr. Fauci she decided it’s better to be “safe than sorry.” “I got too many grandkids and great-grandkids running around me, that’s what I got it,” says Edwards. Since the onset of the pandemic, Edwards has missed visits from friends and relatives. “There’s always food on the stove and coffee” when they’re here,” she says. March 7, 2021.
  • Kayla In The Woods, 27, with her children in Eagle Butte. March 2, 2021.
  • The photographs of Frank Cundill, a homesteader and politician, are housed at the Timber Lake and Area Historical Society in Timber Lake, a small community on the Cheyenne River Reservation. Originally from Iowa, in 1911 Cundill joined the migration of people settling the newly opened Cheyenne River Reservation. March 11, 2021.
  • Patricia Little Wounded lost her son, Waylon Young Bird, to Covid-19 on November 4, 2020. Incarcerated when the pandemic took root, Young Bird had severe kidney disease and other underlying conditions. He reportedly wrote 17 letters to US District Judge Roberto Lange requesting to serve the remainder of his sentence in home confinement. Young Bird was denied compassionate release and died one week after contracting the virus. He was 52. Patricia, who goes by Patty, chose to be vaccinated. March 7, 2021.
  • The Grindstone family climbs down an embankment that leads to the Moreau River on their family land on the Cheyenne River Reservation, a sovereign Lakota Nation within the state of South Dakota. Mona Grindstone, second from right, has received both doses of the vaccine while her husband Earl, right, has so far chosen not to get the vaccine. Since the arrival of the Covid-19 vaccine early in the year, tribal leaders and members have been navigating differing opinions about its effectiveness, safety, and trustworthiness. March 2, 2021.
  • Cheyenne River Chairman Harold Frazier says the hardest thing about the pandemic for his people has been not being able to see family. “The basis of our culture is family and it’s really taken a toll on a lot of people,” he says. March 4, 2021.
  • Upon the arrival of Europeans in the Americas, Native Americans suffered unimaginable levels of death from flu, smallpox, and measles. Pictured here is the cemetery at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Cherry Creek, Cheyenne River Reservation, established by missionaries in 1894. March 6, 2021.
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