Alex and Debbie White Plume host annual pony races at Kiza Park in Manderson, SD on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Participants compete in categories grouped by age or type of race.
The most dramatic race is called "capture the flag" where everyone chases "Custer" to capture his flag.
These images were made in 2004 by Keri Pickett.
About the Author
Keri Pickett
Keri
Minneapolis, MN USA
Author of Love in the 90s, BB & Jo: The Story of a Lifelong Love, A Granddaughters' Portrait (Warner Books 1995) and Faeries (Aperture Books, 2000) and the co-author of Saving Body & Soul, The Mission of Mary Jo Copeland (Random House, 2004) she focuses on long-term projects.
Pickett is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Award and a Bush Foundation Fellowship and three McKnight Foundation Fellowships. Her work has been published in Life, Time and People magazines.
Pickett’s pictures are in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Houston Museum of Fine Art, The George Eastman House and other national and international museums and private collections including Michael Stipe (REM) and Horst (Founder of Aveda) and Bill Hunt.
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