GROWN UP WEST children of the blackfeet reservation

GROWN UP WEST children of the blackfeet reservation: Rebecca Drobis is a freelance photographer who is passionate about capturing and promoting stories of hope and resilience of youth in Indian Country. Rebecca has a decade of experience documenting youth growing up on the Blackfeet Reservation in NW Montana. Rebecca is now seeking to bring these stories to a wider audience and connect with mission-driven organizations who work to improve the lives of Native youth.

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Try Vaile warms up for the dummy roping competition.

Father and daughter
Browning, Montana
Blackfeet Reservation

Reservation Life

Heather's daughters, Lanaiya (age 5) and infant Tahlia (2 months).
East Glacier, Blackfeet Reservation

Heather's Family

Johnny Spotted Eagle (age 8), Jaiceelyn Tatijana Angel Little Dog (age 4), Anthelia Wells (age 5).
Corena Mountain Chief's Yard, Heart Butte

Reservation Life

A story of young entrepreneurship and hope on a Montana Indian Reservation.

Kendall Edmo, Iinii Initiative Project Coordinator for the Blackfeet Tribe at the Bison Reserve in Browning, Montana.

Last Star Homes,
Browning, Montana
Blackfeet Reservation

Heather and her oldest daughter Lanaiya (age 5) share a moment the week before Heather and Shaw's wedding.
Starr School,, Montana
Blackfeet Reservation

Heather's Family

Ian Webber cruises his ice cream truck through the streets of Browning, in search of customers while blasting music from his ipod over the truck's speakers.

Education Gap- Chronicle of Higher Education

Abandoned Playground, Heart Butte,
Blackfeet Reservation, Montana

Girls dummy roping competition

Education Gap- Chronicle of Higher Education

Age 3,
Browning, Montana
Blackfeet Reservation

A story of young entrepreneurship and hope on a Montana Indian Reservation.

Kendall Edmo with her boyfriend, Andrew and her 2 year old daughter at her family home in Two Medicine on the Blackfeet Reservation.

Browning School Bus,
Highway 2 from East Glacier,
Blackfeet Reservation, Montana

Education Gap- Chronicle of Higher Education

Heather gets her daughter, Lanaiya (age 5) ready in her traditional Blackfeet dress.
East Glacier, Blackfeet Reservation

Heather's Family

Heart Butte, Montana
Blackfeet Reservation

Reservation Life

Annie Whitney (age 6), stands at Logan Pass on the Going to the Sun Highway during a field trip to Glacier National Park with the Browning Boys & Girls Club. Before it became a national park, this land belonged to the Blackfeet Tribe.

Isaiah Webber works the window as customers line up outside of the Last Star Homes housing development on the Blackfeet Reservation.

Browning kids are thrilled for the arrival of the Kool Breeze Ice Cream Truck on their street.

Josie, Age 2
Rumney Ranch
20 miles north of Browning, Montana

Earl Old Person, a Blackfeet Tribal Leader in his office in downtown Browning, Montana.

For years, Earl has been fighting to protect the Badger-Two Medicine land from oil & gas drilling, as this land is sacred to the Blackfeet people.

Reservation Life

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