Curious photo of Carlotta Cardan.
Telling about the life of indigenous peoples of the Americas, the media is often either highlight the problems of violence, addiction and poverty among the Indians, or make them sound like something hippies who consider themselves part of nature and can talk to trees and wind. Photographer Carlotta Cardan (Carlotta Cardana) decided to move away from these stereotypes and to tell the positive stories from the life of modern Indians. Her project in which she traveled around the country and talked with representatives of the communities and role models, called “The Red Road Project”.
22-year-old Sage Honga poses for the photographer in the Grand canyon, which has sacred significance for its people, Indians walapai. In 2012, Sage Honga became the winner of the beauty contest among representatives of the indigenous peoples of the Americas Miss Native American USA. She tries to convince young Indians to leave their reservations and enjoy all the opportunities offered by the world.
When Everett the Tynne (Evereta Thinn) went to College, I realized that she needed to be more active and to get away from the stereotypical image of a shy Indian woman. Now 30-year-old Everett is the Director of the school in the Indian reservation the Navajo nation.
Badlands national Park in South Dakota is a sacred place for the Indians Oglala-Lakota.
27-year-old Julian Ramirez – a single father working at a local casino on an Indian reservation standing Rock. Long hair is the pride of the Indians, and, according to Julian, his son Elijah will be impossible to shear them before the execution of 13 years.
A staff veteran of the Gulf war, the participant of operation “desert Storm” Hanson Chi (Chee Hanson). The number of feathers corresponds to the number of years spent in the armed forces, and beads – this is a tribute to his father and grandfathers, who were also war veterans. Paw bald eagle – a gift from his father-in-law caught a bird on the hunt.
Party pow-wow Fast Eddie (left) and star social networks of Two Braids.
A wooden post at the burial site on an Indian reservation, wind river.
Indian Thípiziwiŋ Young, devoted his life to studying and teaching the endangered Lakota language. Her name means “Female of the Yellow Lodge”. With the participation of the Tipi was developed by the language learning program for children 3 to 5 years.
The wooden construction in the form of a teepee and cross the road on an Indian reservation pine ridge in South Dakota.
Elijah, a native American from the Lakota reservation at pine ridge, who dreams of becoming a professional skateboarder.
Snowy road in the mountains of wind river.
29-year-old Gina Szczur, a single mother and a police officer on an Indian reservation standing Rock. When her brother died under mysterious circumstances, and her family was left alone with questions that nobody could answer, Gina, who served previously in Iraq, decided to become a COP to help other people to achieve justice.
The grave of an Indian by the name of Wammy White Cloud (White Cloud Wammi), one of the many teenagers killed in traffic accidents. Death in road accidents and suicide are the two most frequent causes of death in Indian teenagers. The level of suicides among Indians is much higher than the US average.
Lakota Wahpe in his bedroom on an Indian reservation at pine ridge.
Main street in Fort Yates, North Dakota is named in honor of Sitting Bull – leader, revered by the Lakota Indians.
