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Aaron Huey on a new way to honor the Native American treaties

on Sep 4, 2013

When he set out to create a photo essay on “poverty in America” in 2005, photographer Aaron Huey had no idea what was in store for him. But what started as one story soon consumed his life as he became a committed activist devoted to raising awareness about Native American treaty rights. Just last month, […]

How a TED collaboration is helping residents of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation tell their own story

By Kate Torgovnick May

on Jul 19, 2012

Photographer Aaron Huey set out seven years ago to capture images of poverty in America. The mission brought him to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where 90% of the residents live below the poverty line and life expectancy for men is just 47 years, largely because of violence. As Huey says in his […]