hoops, hip-hop and hope.

The On Eagles' Wings ministry came to Rapid City to bring the “resurrection to the reservation." The 40 person young adult group uses hoops, hip-hop and hope to evangelize to teens and young adult Native Americans. “We go where the youth hang out,” Joe Donnell, 33, a Native American evangelist, said. In Native communities, that often means a basketball court.

In the first photograph, Tyrone Sudden Brave, laying on the court, prays with Joe Donnell, center top, and other members of the On Eagles' Wings group while waiting for the ambulance after he badly injured his leg during a pick-up basketball game.

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and you thought i was finished with rodeo.

The Days of '76 Rodeo in Deadwood.

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covering the myrtle fire.

I arrived at the scene of the Myrtle Fire when it was zero percent contained. Over several days, the Myrtle fire consumed more than 10,000 acres and forced dozens to evacuate. The fire only burned a few structures, but it came within a mile of the small town of Pringle, famous in these parts for its pile of bicycles.

The famous pile of bicycles in Pringle with the Myrtle fire burning less than one mile away.

The Myrtle fire a few days later when it was 75 percent contained.


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rodeo season.

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unfamiliar fishes.

Vacationing in Maui, Hi.

pringle, sd.

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manual labor.

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