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.

Grown Up West: A Project by Rebecca Drobis

The Kids Reservation Life The Land Rodeo Kids Heather's Family Kool Breeze Cattle Round Up Pow Wow EarthJustice

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

Heather's family spends the week at the Heart Butte Pow Wow staying in their camper. The annual festival celebrates Blackfeet culture and includes traditional clothing, dance and song. Lanaiya is eager to get out of her costume and makeup after her dance performance.

Heather's Family

Dancers line up for Grand Entry at the Heart Butte Pow Wow
Blackfeet Indian Reservation
Montana

Cattle Round Up

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

Cattle Round Up

Father and daughter
Browning, Montana
Blackfeet Reservation

Reservation Life

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 young man gets thrown off the bull at the youth rodeo

Abandoned Playground, Heart Butte,
Blackfeet Reservation, Montana

Age 3,
Browning, Montana
Blackfeet Reservation

Cattle Round Up

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

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.

Heart Butte, Montana
Blackfeet Reservation

Reservation Life

Last Star Homes,
Browning, Montana
Blackfeet Reservation

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

Try Vaile warms up for the dummy roping competition.

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

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

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

Mother Tiffany Polk prepares her daughter, Danaya Vandeburg for the Tiny Tot Competition
North American Indian Days
Browning, Montana
Blackfeet Reservation

Reservation Life

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