Essays: A Beautiful Dream - Pine Ridge, South Dakota: PINE RIDGE RESERVATION

Darlene High Hawk tends to her two daughters, Destiny (right) and Danielle (left), who are fighting for their mothers attention on Friday, June 2, 2006 in a housing complex outside of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Darlene has six children and doesn't have time to leave them and work. Pine Ridge Reservation is considered the poorest county in the United States. Gang violence, unemployment, and alcoholism are major problems throughout the reservation.
PINE RIDGE RESERVATION

Darlene High Hawk tends to her two daughters, Destiny (right) and Danielle (left), who are fighting for their mothers attention on Friday, June 2, 2006 in a housing complex outside of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Darlene has six children and doesn't have time to leave them and work. Pine Ridge Reservation is considered the poorest county in the United States. Gang violence, unemployment, and alcoholism are major problems throughout the reservation.