Finalist
Aaron Huey
Freelance for National Geographic Magazine
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"BROKEN PROMISES: THE PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION"
With the reverence afforded a sacred being, Oglala men fell a specially chosen cottonwood tree and carry it to the center of a Sun Dance circle. Erected in the earth, the tree will become the focus of a days-long spiritual ceremony. Sun Dances and other traditional ceremonies have undergone a resurgence since the 1970s.
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