Land and identity at the sharpening edge of American discontent

Gallery

Charlotte Roderique, Chair, Burns Paiute Tribe

David Ward, Harney County Sheriff

Ammon Bundy, Refuge Occupation Leader

Patty Limerick, Historian and Co-Founder, Center of the American West, U. Colorado, Boulder

LaVoy Finicum, Refuge Occupier

Richard interviews Jon Ritzheimer, Refuge Occupier

Burns Paiute member at counterprotest in Burns

John O'Connor, Rancher, Former Refuge Employee

Snow and Ross' geese lift off

Buckaroo lineup after day of branding

Brand Thornton, Refuge Occupier, with shofar

Tending the branding irons

Burns Paiute youth spears a salmon

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge main gate and fire tower

Sheriff Ward was highly regarded in Burns during the occupation

Young boy and jingle dresses at powwow

Boy takes his steer out of the auction arena, Harney County Fair

Georgia Marshall gives an impassioned speech to the community

Protesters holding pocket constitutions during protest in Burns

Counterprotesters tell militia to go away

Neil Wampler, Refuge Occupier

Pueblo Mountains, Harney County, Oregon

Chris Briels, former Burns Fire Chief, with Holly

Winter hay delivery

Burns downtown, during the occupation

Oregon State Police at Bundy and Finicum traffic stop

Memorial where LaVoy Finicum was shot and killed

Community is asked, "How many people here want the Bundys to leave Harney County?"

Steve Grasty, Harney County Judge (Head Commissioner)

Powwow dancer

John O'Connor unsaddles his mule

Ryan Bundy holding protester's sign at the refuge

Protest in Burns

January 2, 2016 Hammond support rally, just before start of occupation

October color on Steens Mountain, Harney County, Oregon

Sandhill Cranes

Loading chute and full moon

Harney County sunrise

Refuge occupier truck and fire tower

Liberty or Death and two Yorkies

Heeling a calf for branding

Mary and Wes Kerns, Harney County Ranchers

Ammon and Ryan Bundy unveil their new "refuge" sign

Neil Wampler, Refuge Occupier, and his attorney, Lisa Maxfield, after not guilty verdict

Duane Ehmer, Refuge Occupier, and Hellboy

Sara Barton, Burns Paiute Member, weaves willow basket

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge entrance sign

Malheur Refuge Headquarters, with occupation sites marked

Malheur Refuge truck with occupation signs attached

Wildhorse Lake, Steens Mountain, Harney County, Oregon

Burns Paiute member with salmon spear

Young buckaroo at the end of branding day

Bruce Babbitt, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, in Harney County, 1993

Dwight Hammond holds protest sign at refuge in 1993

Sue films Steens Mountain from Mann Lake

Jarvis Kennedy, Burns Paiute Councilman at the refuge fire tower

Protesters and counterprotesters in Burns

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