CHILDREN OF THE BLACKFEET RESERVATION: Photographs of Life on a Montana Reservation

Grown Up West: A Project by Rebecca Drobis

CHILDREN OF THE BLACKFEET RESERVATION: Photographs of Life on a Montana Reservation

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Mother Tiffany Polk prepares her daughter, Danaya Vandeburg for the Tiny Tot Competition
North American Indian Days
Browning, Montana
Blackfeet Reservation

Education Gap- Chronicle of Higher Education

Girls dummy roping competition

Annie Whitney (age 6), stands at Logan Pass on the Going to the Sun Highway during a field trip to Glacier National Park with the Browning Boys & Girls Club. Before it became a national park, this land belonged to the Blackfeet Tribe.

Education Gap- Chronicle of Higher Education

Browning School Bus,
Highway 2 from East Glacier,
Blackfeet Reservation, Montana

Father and daughter
Browning, Montana
Blackfeet Reservation

Reservation Life

Browning kids are thrilled for the arrival of the Kool Breeze Ice Cream Truck on their street.

Age 3,
Browning, Montana
Blackfeet Reservation

A story of young entrepreneurship and hope on a Montana Indian Reservation.

Heart Butte, Montana
Blackfeet Reservation

Reservation Life

Ian Webber cruises his ice cream truck through the streets of Browning, in search of customers while blasting music from his ipod over the truck's speakers.

Heather gets her daughter, Lanaiya (age 5) ready in her traditional Blackfeet dress.
East Glacier, Blackfeet Reservation

Heather's Family

Johnny Spotted Eagle (age 8), Jaiceelyn Tatijana Angel Little Dog (age 4), Anthelia Wells (age 5).
Corena Mountain Chief's Yard, Heart Butte

Reservation Life

Earl Old Person, a Blackfeet Tribal Leader in his office in downtown Browning, Montana.

For years, Earl has been fighting to protect the Badger-Two Medicine land from oil & gas drilling, as this land is sacred to the Blackfeet people.

Kendall Edmo with her boyfriend, Andrew and her 2 year old daughter at her family home in Two Medicine on the Blackfeet Reservation.

Dancers line up for Grand Entry at the Heart Butte Pow Wow
Blackfeet Indian Reservation
Montana

Heather's daughters, Lanaiya (age 5) and infant Tahlia (2 months).
East Glacier, Blackfeet Reservation

Heather's Family

Isaiah Webber works the window as customers line up outside of the Last Star Homes housing development on the Blackfeet Reservation.

A story of young entrepreneurship and hope on a Montana Indian Reservation.

Heather and her oldest daughter Lanaiya (age 5) share a moment the week before Heather and Shaw's wedding.
Starr School,, Montana
Blackfeet Reservation

Heather's Family

Abandoned Playground, Heart Butte,
Blackfeet Reservation, Montana

Josie, Age 2
Rumney Ranch
20 miles north of Browning, Montana

Last Star Homes,
Browning, Montana
Blackfeet Reservation

Education Gap- Chronicle of Higher Education

Try Vaile warms up for the dummy roping competition.

Kendall Edmo, Iinii Initiative Project Coordinator for the Blackfeet Tribe at the Bison Reserve in Browning, Montana.

Reservation Life

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