Day: March 8, 2017

Standing Rock 3

It got colder and one time I had frost in my tent and the water froze. My cough got worse and nearly everyone had a cold.




It was still warm during the day and we got photographed in a medicine wheel. I am above the “Is” on the inside of the yellow (near the white, just on the other side of the vertical bar).

Near the security yurt, way above Sacred Stone.

Sacred Stone from above. Left is the last yurt I worked on, and behind the almost finished straw-bale school.

Scout lost her bandana and I got her a new one just before I started packing. She had slept in my tent most of the previous week (ever since I got her worm meds from the horse vet at Oceti), and followed me around. I even got her to eat dog-food, as the new kitchen staff was not too keen on sharing food with her, even though Ladonna introduced her weekly…

Oceti from the road. When I already knew I had to leave and had a rental car, but too much of a cold to get on an airplane I went back with supplies twice (to Sacred Stone camp), and at one occasion I drove over to the big camp and tried to sneak this photo. I did get yelled at by the security guard for it..

Oahu 2

















Standing Rock 2

Occasionally I’d go for walk, or just somewhere to be alone or get cell-reception. I saw lots of eagles, and beautiful land that needs to be preserved. These are photos of walks over multiple days.
Looking towards the Missouri

Left below is Sacred Stone Camp

I met a friendly cat.


… and many horses and geese in formation, confused by the constantly circling helicopters and planes

And I have a hard time choosing photos. It was intensely beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time, and many things and sensory impressions added to the experience.




By the sweatlodge


Oceti Sakowin, the big camp seen from Rosebud camp. I did not go past Rosebud often, not at all in the first week. Sacred Stone had usually about 200 people, more on weekends, but Oceti was huge, several thousands, and hard to navigate.


Near Rosebud Camp

I spent that day entirely at Oceti, but managed only one usable photo…

Walking home at sunset



Beautiful morning with light frost


I started making friends with Sistah-Scout

Andy and Leilani on Oahu

Leilani went to the Blue Planet Kid’s Energy Summit




















Standing Rock 1

I joined the water protectors at Sacred Stone Camp on the Standing Rock reservation for most of November. There was a pretty strict no-photos-at-camp policy, people who wanted to photograph had to go to trainings and get a press-pass, so there is not much here…

At the confluence of the Cannonball and the Missouri the currents created round rocks. They were considered sacred, but to the white people they just resembled cannonballs. The rivers were ultimately dammed by the Army corps of engineering, and no more round rocks were produced.

I found the camp and a great tentsite with awesome neighbors after 60 miles of detouring and going back to Bismarck, as the police had blockaded the road just before I arrived.

The first 2 days or so I helped in the kitchen and with the dishes, but then worked on building yurts the next 2 weeks.




next 2 photos were taken the same day on Kauai


I think I worked on at least a dozen yurts, in the end really understanding the process, and even learning the knots (I’m really challenged there). Nick, Michael and Paula are some of my favorite yurt-builer friends,most of them left shortly after the picture was taken

As it got colder I started adding layers to the tent

Before the sunrise prayers

First real frost