indigenous communities

Crow cowboys: A story of responsibility, respect and resilience
A man holds a picture of his family up to the camera while standing in a horse enclosure with horses framing him on each side.

Stephen Yellowtail is a generational Crow cowboy who has held onto the Yellowtail ranching legacy on the Crow Reservation. (JoRee LaFrance)

JoRee LaFrance
Indigenous Correspondents Program | University of Arizona
This photoessay captures the working lives of the Yellowtail family as they embody the ranching and cowboy livelihood, while weaving together values passed down by the generations.