Each represents one of the 280 Native American tribes that have flocked here in what activists are calling the largest, most diverse tribal action in at least a century, perhaps since Little Bighorn. They have come from across the Plains and the Mountain West, from places like California, Florida, Peru and New Zealand. Some came alone, driving 24 hours straight across the Plains when they saw news on social media about the swelling protest. They brought ceremonial pipes, dried sage, eagle-feather headdresses and horses that they ride bareback through the sea of prairie grass. When we start talking about water, we’re talking about the future generations.”Here are stories about a few of the people who have come to this remote rolling corner of North Dakota.

Source: New York Times September 11, 2016 21:00 UTC