Where the Buffalo Roam

Took this photo in the Black Hills of South Dakota last week.

Chubby prairie dog. Black Hills, SD.

Black Hills, Chippy

Herd chillin' in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, ND.

North Dakota natural gas boom. Drill baby drill.

Wild horse!

This guy was standing near a herd in Theodore Roosevelt National Park on the western edge of North Dakota. Accidentally took photo with camera on a night setting. I like the contrast though.

Pronghorn

What is a Sweat Lodge? Rick Two Dogs explains

The August 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine is dedicated to telling the story of the Oglala Lakota who live on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.

The reports from the reservation are both tragic and uplifting.

It is of special significance to me as my father tells me I am 1/16th Oglala Lakota myself. My great-great grandmother lived near Fort Wayne Indiana in the late 1800s. She was named Pamela Caldwell and was full-blooded Oglala Lakota. I have confirmed this through the census records.  As a severely diluted mixed-blood mostly European-American I feel a strange mix of guilt and pride as I observe the living conditions of distant relatives.

Find many more contemporary Lakota stories here.