i-D was invited to capture this sacred annual ushering of the spring solstice and discuss the structural racism the local communities face.
, and high suicide rates. In the U.S., these issues are especially exacerbated by the Native American reservation system, which in the late 19th century displaced Indigenous peoples from their original, abundant land, and forced them onto remote uninhabitable spaces in the name of colonial expansion.
“We don’t even call our ceremonies religion here,” Hans says. “We call them our way of life. This is who we are.” As young Natives growing up in a colonised America, Indigenous identity is tricky territory.and the erasure of Indigenous history in mainstream consciousness have a lot to do with it. For example, until the American Indian Religious Freedom Act was passed in 1978, it was illegal for tribes and nations to practise their ceremonies and medicine.
Through documenting his photo diary of the Star Knowledge ceremony, Fortune got the sense that Hans’s role as uncle or father figure to these boys was a crucial element to their wellbeing. He was struck by their ease with him; by the familiar choreography of piling into the van they use for travelling basketball tournaments, like they were made to move together as a unit. Their camaraderie was moving.
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