Stephanie Foden

COMMISSIONS: HEART WARRIOR

Heart Warrior, a Native American woman, has spent years battling to keep custody of her grandchildren in Minnesota. It's part of a long history of Native American removal and resistance. 

  • Lila sits on the side porch of the house while her family and friend get ready for a portrait behind her.
  • Violet and Lila play on a dock on Nett Lake. The lake has wild rice and is considered sacred.
  • Lila looks into the house from the side door.
  • Violet laughts with her grandmother.
  • Violet jumps on her sister Lila's bed. Heart Warrior wants to get the youngest girls bunkbeds so they will have more space in their small house.
  • Roseblossom holds her youngest sister Violet in the kitchen.
  • Violet and Lila on the front porch of their grandmother's house.
  • The girls play and talk in their grandmother's house.
  • Violet plays with her sisters on the shore of Nett Lake.
  • Violet makes a shadow puppet from a flashlight.
  • Lila and Violet lay on the grass after pretending to make snow angels on the front lawn of their grandmother's house.
  • PERSONAL WORK
    • RV DIARIES
    • SAUDADE DA BAHIA
  • COMMISSIONS
    • HEART WARRIOR
    • CHASING RIVER MONSTERS
    • BREAD OF THE DEAD
    • DIDÁ
    • BOW GIRLS
    • SINGLES
  • TRAVEL
  • ABOUT

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