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Pine Ridge We Are Still Here
Shepard Fairey - OBEY
I made this image based on a photograph by Aaron Huey (National Geographic photographer) in support of this project. Proceeds go to the Pine Ridge Billboard Project. -Shepard
To hear the whole story check out Aaron’s 2010 TED talk on the Lakota and their fight to get back the Black Hills of South Dakota.
A FEW FACTS ABOUT THE PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION:
IN 1980 THE SUPREME COURT RULED UPON THE LONGEST RUNNING COURT CASE IN US HISTORY, THE UNITED STATES VS SIOUX NATION. THE COURT DETERMINED THAT THE TREATIES WITH THE SIOUX HAD BEEN VIOLATED WHEN THEY WERE RESETTLED ONTO P.O.W. CAMPS, AND 7 MILLION ACRES OF THEIR LAND WERE OPENED UP TO PROSPECTORS AND HOMESTEADERS. THESE CAMPS ARE NOW CALLED “RESERVATIONS”..
