Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota

Documentary photographs from Standing Rock, Oceti Sakowin camp, and the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.

Police vehicles lined up behind concrete barriers marked with Love and NoDAPL at a Standing Rock roadblock

Police roadblock during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests near Standing Rock

Close-up of a burned truck cab door and charred metal after conflict near the Standing Rock protest site

Burned truck at the Standing Rock protest site

Two people resting in dry prairie grass beside Lake Oahe near Standing Rock Reservation

Water protectors resting near Lake Oahe

Helicopter flying alone in a clear blue sky above the Standing Rock protest area

Helicopter over Standing Rock

Water protector watching distant police vehicles across the dry Dakota hillside

Watching the police line from camp

Veteran on horseback holding an American flag at Standing Rock with camp flags behind him

Veteran carrying an American flag at Standing Rock

Two horseback riders entering Standing Rock Reservation on a bridge at golden hour

Horseback riders entering Standing Rock Reservation

Wide dusk view of Oceti Sakowin camp beside the Cannonball River with tents and lights across the valley

Oceti Sakowin camp at dusk

Horses silhouetted on a ridge under pink sunset clouds near Standing Rock

Horses at sunset near Standing Rock

Pipeline construction equipment visible on a distant prairie ridge beyond water and dry grass

Pipeline construction equipment on the distant ridge

Tipis, tents, and canoes along the Cannonball River at the Standing Rock protest camp

Tipis beside the Cannonball River at camp

Razor wire fencing stretched across dry Dakota prairie near a rural road

Razor wire near the Dakota prairie roadblock

Crowd carrying a Love Prayer Forgiveness banner during a Standing Rock solidarity march in Mandan

Love Prayer Forgiveness banner during the march

Mandan police officer smiling and shaking hands with a protester outside a brick church

Handshake between a protester and Mandan police officer

Person holding a handmade Water Is Life NoDAPL sign above a crowd during a march

Water Is Life NoDAPL sign at the march

People holding hands in a long human chain along a downtown Mandan sidewalk

Human chain in downtown Mandan

People gathered around a Love Prayer Forgiveness banner during a Standing Rock ceremony

Love Prayer Forgiveness ceremony

Bureau of Indian Affairs police command vehicles and a patrol car near North Dakota Highway 24

Bureau of Indian Affairs police command center

Panoramic view of police vehicles and roadblock equipment across the prairie near Standing Rock

Police line and roadblock across the prairie

Water protectors walking with a painted flag below a hillside where people watch from above

Water protectors carrying a flag below the hillside

Volunteers building a wooden structure on ladders at the Standing Rock camp near rows of flags

Volunteers building at the camp

Child sledding down a dry hill overlooking tents and structures at Oceti Sakowin camp

Child sledding above Oceti Sakowin camp

Large crowd marching between rows of flags through Oceti Sakowin camp

Flag-lined march through Oceti Sakowin camp

Person raising a fist while walking in a Standing Rock march with flags blurred ahead

Raised fist during the Standing Rock march

Large crowd gathered among many flags at the Standing Rock protest camp

Large gathering under flags at Standing Rock