Views from the reservation
By: by John Willis ; with an essay by Kent Nerburn and contributions from the Oglala Lakota people.
Contributors: Nerburn, Kent, 1946-
Series: Center books on American places -- v. 18
Publisher: Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9781935195122
Subjects: Oglala Indians -- South Dakota -- Pine Ridge Indian Reservation -- Pictorial works; Oglala Indians -- South Dakota -- Pine Ridge Indian Reservation; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.) -- Pictorial works; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)
Genres: Pictorial works
Description: "Professor and photographer John Willis is well aware of the exploitation that sometimes occurs when photographers enter impoverished communities for a project. So, in 1992, when he first traveled to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the southwest corner of South Dakota, he assured the elders of the Oglala Lakota Sioux that he would not be exhibiting any of the images he took while there. Over time, however, Willis earned the respect and trust of the community, and the elders--hoping that the photographs might bring aid to their community--urged him to show his work. The product of several visits to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Views from the Reservation is meant to open our eyes, minds, and hearts to the life, culture, and conditions of the Oglala Lakota people. With his insightful and complex images Willis enlists several other voices to offer a more complete story: writer Kent Nerburn, who contributes an original essay; Lakota elders and Pine Ridge High School students, who offer poems; Emil Her Many Horses, the associate curator of the National Museum of the American Indian, Kevin Gover, the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, and Oglala Lakota artist Dwayne Wilcox. Accompanying the book is Heartbeat of the Rez, a compact disc collecting traditional songs compiled by the author, the elders, and KILI, the radio station of the reservation." -- Amazon.com
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Mitakaye Oyasin : opening prayer; title: Views from the reservation; title: Listening to the meadowlark's song / by Kent Nerburn; title: A journey home / by Emil Her Many Horses; title: The ceremony acknowledging the 175th anniversary of the establishment of the Bureau of Indian Affairs / by Kevin Glover; title: Ledger drawings / by Dwayne Wilcox; title: Reddest family album; title: Artist's statement; title: Mitakuye Oyasin : closing prayer; title: Notes on selected plates; title: List of poems; title: Acknowledgments; title: About the author; title: About the essayist.