Simon Akam

Photography: Native Americans

The Prairie Wind Casino, operated by the Oglala Sioux tribe, stands in an isolated location on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Located close to the Nebraska border, Pine Ridge is the poorest Indian reservation in the US, and was the site of the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890. In winter the area experiences bitterly cold temperatures: 20 Fahrenheit is -7 Celsius. (Simon Akam/The New Statesman)
20 February 2009
The Prairie Wind Casino, operated by the Oglala Sioux tribe, stands in an isolated location on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Located close to the Nebraska border, Pine Ridge is the poorest Indian reservation in the US, and was the site of the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890. In winter the area experiences bitterly cold temperatures: 20 Fahrenheit is -7 Celsius. (Simon Akam/The New Statesman)