America's native prisoners of war

Name: America's native prisoners of war
Uploaded: 2010-11-10T14:57:00Z
Duration: 15 min 10 s
Description: Aaron Huey's effort to photograph poverty in America led him to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the struggle of the native Lakota people -- appalling, and largely ignored -- compelled him to refocus. Five years of work later, his haunting photos intertwine with a shocking history lesson.

2,124,826 plays|

Aaron Huey |

TEDxDU 2010

• September 2010

Aaron Huey's effort to photograph poverty in America led him to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the struggle of the native Lakota people -- appalling, and largely ignored -- compelled him to refocus. Five years of work later, his haunting photos intertwine with a shocking history lesson.