Water Protectors at Standing Rock

February 21, 2017 6 photos
  • Water protectors expect authorities to force evacuations from the Standing Rock camps. (Donald Kaufman / Truthdig)

  • Campfire ceremonies at the Oceti Sakowin Camp, though smaller than they used to be, still bring comfort to water protectors. (Donald Kaufman / Truthdig)

  • A makeshift home is dismantled at the Oceti Sakowin Camp. (Donald Kaufman / Truthdig)

  • Police line up after a short ceremony at the Oceti Sakowin Camp in which women showed their children how to set up a tepee. They were able to construct the wood structure for one tepee before being forced to take it down.(Donald Kaufman / Truthdig)

  • The view from the #NoDAPL camp at night. (Donald Kaufman / Truthdig)

  • The Oceti Sakowin Camp, home base of the #NoDAPL movement, now feels like a ghost town. (Donald Kaufman / Truthdig)