Essays: Pine Ridge Reservation

Cody Brown, 18, left, a member of the Black Wallstreet Gang, and Rich "Junior" Lame, 18, smoke a cigarette outside a house in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, on Thursday, October 22, 2009. Both of the boys have been influenced by the rising gang culture on the reservation, which has deep roots in urban hip hop culture.
Cody Brown, 18, left, a member of the Black Wallstreet Gang, and Rich "Junior" Lame, 18, smoke a cigarette outside a house in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, on Thursday, October 22, 2009. Both of the boys have been influenced by the rising gang culture on the reservation, which has deep roots in urban hip hop culture.