11) Caring For Camp
An activist staying at Oceti Sakowin Camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation digs out from a snowfall.
12) Night Falls
Night falls on the Oceti Sakowin Camp.
13) Organization
Sign post in snow at the Oceti Sakowin Camp.
14) Standoff
Military veterans stand on a closed bridge across from police protecting the Dakota Access oil pipeline site in Cannon Ball, N.D., on Dec. 1, 2016. Some veterans in North Dakota disagree with the 2,000 veterans planning to join a protest opposing the four-state, $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline.
15) Snow Angel
Army veteran James White, a member of the Lakota Native American tribe, makes a snow angel on a closed bridge during a protest across from police protecting the Dakota Access oil pipeline site in Cannon Ball, N.D.
16) Finding Time For Fun
The Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline stands in the background as a boy sleds down a hill in Cannon Ball, N.D.
17) Making The Best Of The Situation
Smokey, a member of the Sioux Native American tribe, rides Prophecy, a descendant of the horse belonging to war chief Crazy Horse, as he pulls a sled at the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
18) Adapting To Camp Life
Loretta Reddog of Placerville, Calif., shovels a walkway to her tent while followed by her dog Gurdee Bean at the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D., on Nov. 29, 2016. “I’m scared. I’m a California girl, you know?” said Reddog who arrived several months ago with her two dogs and has yet to adjust to the harsher climate.
19) Invoking Prayer
A person prays along the Cannonball River during a Native American water ceremony at the Oceti Sakowin camp.
20) Community Support
Opponents of the pipeline gather at the main protest camp near Cannon Ball, N.D.
21) Two Worlds
An indigenous girl looks through barbed wire toward police officers blocking Highway 1806.
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