Photojournalism

Yurok Tribe Reservation: Klamath, California

  • Members of the Ancestral Guard paddle out on traditional redwood canoes in the Klamath River in Klamath, California, on the Yurok reservation. The river’s main resource, salmon, has been negatively affected by environmental and infrastructural issues, according to the organization’s director and co-founder, Sammy Gensaw. (Photo by Beth Wallis/News21)
  • Sammy Gensaw, co-founder of Ancestral Guard, paddles a traditional redwood canoe on the Klamath River in Klamath, California, on the Yurok reservation. The river’s normally abundant supply of salmon has been negatively impacted by environmental and infrastructural problems. (Photo by Beth Wallis/News21)
  • Sammy Gensaw, co-founder and director of Ancestral Guard, stands on the side of the Klamath river. Ancestral Guard’s mission is to combat the food desert on the Yurok reservation by teaching people how to garden. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Highway 101 backs up to the shore of the Pacific Ocean near Klamath, California. The highway is frequently under construction from rock slides, causing delays to and from the Yurok reservation that can last from hours to weeks. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • The Yurok Tribe’s newly purchased land is situated by the Yurok reservation in Klamath, California. The Food Sovereignty Division is leading the effort to clear and develop the land for food gardening. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Taylor Thompson, manager of the Yurok Food Sovereignty Division, stands near the newly purchased 40-acre plot on the Yurok reservation in Klamath, California. The tribe plans to use these lands for food villages, which will include food gardens, a commercial kitchen and tiny homes. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)

Additional Gaylord E-Portfolio required information:
– Created for: Carnegie-Knight News21
– Audience: created for all audiences
– Date completed: August 2021
– Technology utilized: Adobe Lightroom
– Skills utilized: photography
– What I learned: photographing under difficult lighting circumstances

Navajo Nation Reservation: Shiprock, Window Rock, New Mexico & Chinle, Mesa, Arizona

  • Navajo Nation Police recruits stretch after running on sand dunes for physical training in Chinle, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation reservation. During stretches, recruits count together in the Navajo language. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Navajo Nation Police recruits run on sand dunes for physical training in Chinle, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation reservation. The Strategy Matters Oragnizational Assessment commissioned by the department recommended expanding its training facilities as a “top priority investment.” (Photo by Beth Wallis/News21)
  • Navajo Nation Police recruits stretch after running on sand dunes for physical training on the Navajo Nation reservation in Chinle, Arizona. During stretches, recruits count together in the Navajo language. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Navajo Nation Police recruits run on sand dunes for physical training on the Navajo Nation reservation in Chinle, Arizona. The class of 13 began training in April, 2021. (Photo by Beth Wallis, News21)
  • Navajo Nation Police recruits study at their desks inside the training academy in Chinle, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation reservation. The academy is housed in two double-wide trailers, which limits recruitment class sizes. (Photo by Beth Wallis/News21)
  • Navajo Nation Police Chief Phillip Francisco sits at his desk at the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety and Central Command Headquarters in Window Rock, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation reservation. Francisco took over the department in 2016 after serving in surrounding agencies. (Photo by Beth Wallis/News21)
  • Sergeant Darlene Foster of the Navajo Nation Police Department drives her car on the dirt roads of Shiprock, New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation reservation. Foster has been with the department for 23 years. (Photo by Beth Wallis/News21)
  • Sergeant Darlene Foster of the Navajo Nation Police Department stands on a dirt road in Shiprock, New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation reservation. (Photo by Beth Wallis/News21)
  • Roy Slowman, a Navajo Nation citizen, sits outside his house in Red Mesa, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation reservation. Slowman recently moved into the house following the death of its previous owner, his cousin. Though his cousin was tested for COVID-19 as a possible cause of death, Slowman’s family never received the results. (Photo by Beth Wallis/News21)
  • Roy Slowman, a Navajo Nation citizen, sits outside of his house on the Navajo Nation in Red Mesa, Arizona. Slowman recently moved into the house following the death of its previous owner, his cousin, who may have died from COVID-19. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Roy Slowman, a Navajo Nation citizen, stands outside of his house on the Navajo Nation in Red Mesa, Arizona. Slowman recently moved into the house following the death of its previous owner, his cousin, who may have died from COVID-19. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)

Additional Gaylord E-Portfolio required information:
– Carnegie-Knight News21
– Audience: created for all audiences
– Date completed: August 2021
– Technology utilized: Adobe Lightroom
– Skills utilized: photography
– What I learned: photographing under difficult lighting circumstances

Blackfeet Tribe Reservation: Browning, Montana

  • Marietta Green stands on her family’s land in Browning, Montana, on the Blackfeet reservation. If she can afford it, Green said she hopes to someday build a house and move out to the remote area. (Photo by Beth Wallis/News21)
  • Marietta Green holds a cigarette and a bundle of sage while walking on her family’s land on the Blackfeet reservation in Browning, Montana. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Marietta Green holds a cigarette and a bundle of sage while walking on her family’s land on the Blackfeet reservation in Browning, Montana. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Marietta Green (left) and Leona Gopher (right) demonstrate outside the tribal administration building on the Blackfeet reservation in Browning, Montana. Protesters called for transparency in accounting for federal COVID-19 relief funding. (Photo by Beth Wallis/News21)
  • A child holds a protest sign outside of the tribal administration building on the Blackfeet reservation in Browning, Montana. Protesters called for transparency in accounting for federal COVID-19 relief funding. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Marietta Green demonstrates outside the tribal administration building on the Blackfeet reservation in Browning, Montana. Protesters called for transparency in accounting for federal COVID-19 relief funding by the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council. (Photo by Beth Wallis/News21)
  • Marietta Green writes on a protest sign attached to her truck on the Blackfeet reservation in Browning, Montana. Protesters called for transparency in accounting for federal COVID-19 relief funding. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • A welcome sign is posted outside of the Blackfeet tribal administration building. The reservation is located in Browning, Montana, east of Glacier National Park. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Laura Smith stands outside of her house on the Blackfeet reservation in Browning, Montana. Smith lives in the duplex with three of her grandchildren. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Laura Smith and her grandchildren sit in her living room in her house on the Blackfeet reservation in Browning, Montana. Smith cares for her three grandchildren, who sleep on living room couches. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Blankets hang on a clothesline attached to an etched post at Laura Smith’s house in Browning, Montana, on the Blackfeet reservation. Smith lives in the duplex with three of her grandchildren and said the tribe’s housing department has provided little assistance. (Photo by Beth Wallis/News21)
  • Clyde Home Gun sits gazes out of his kitchen window in his house on the Blackfeet reservation ranch in Browning, Montana. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Clyde Home Gun’s ranch is on the Blackfeet reservation in Browning, Montana. The reservation is east of Glacier National Park. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Ernest Olson sits in the kitchen of Clyde Home Gun’s house on the Blackfeet reservation in Browning, Montana. Olson collects documentation on the tribal administration’s handling of funds. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Tribal member Richard Horn looks out over Badger Creek in the Heart Butte region of the Blackfeet reservation near Browning, Montana. Heart Butte has the highest rate of poverty the reservation. (Photo by Beth Wallis/News21)
  • Richard Horn stands on his acreage in the Heart Butte area of the Blackfeet reservation in Browning, Montana. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)

Additional Gaylord E-Portfolio required information:
– Created for Carnegie-Knight News21
– Audience: created for all audiences
– Date completed: August 2021
– Technology utilized: Adobe Lightroom
– Skills utilized: photography
– What I learned: photographing in culturally sensitive circumstances

Pacific Pantry: Crescent City, California

  • Drea Lanctot, the food program coordinator for the Del Norte County and Adjacent Tribal Lands Community Food Council in Crescent City, California, looks into a deep freezer housing salmon and other local fish. The organization partners with local fishing businesses to provide meat to the community. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Charles Perry, the food operations manager for the Del Norte County and Adjacent Tribal Lands Community Food Council in Crescent City, California, prepares for the day’s food pantry service. The organization is also working on a mobile food pantry to reach the remote areas of the Yurok reservation. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • The pantry at the Del Norte County and Adjacent Tribal Lands Community Food Council in Crescent City, California, is stocked and prepared for the day’s operations. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Food Recovery Assistant Tamika Raley prepares for the day’s food distribution at the Del Norte County and Adjacent Tribal Lands Community Food Council in Crescent City, California. The organization is also working on a mobile food pantry to reach the remote areas of the Yurok reservation. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Drea Lanctot, the food program coordinator for the Del Norte County and Adjacent Tribal Lands Community Food Council in Crescent City, California stands in front of her organization’s building. Lanctot, who’s a food gardener, sells some of her seedlings to Ancestral Guard’s Victorious Gardnes initiative. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Tommy Contreras, the mobile pantry food distributer for the Del Norte County and Adjacent Tribal Lands Community Food Council in Crescent City, California, stands outside the organization’s newly purchased mobile food distribution van. The pantry uses the van to reach remote areas, such as the Yurok reservation in Klamath, California. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Food Recovery Assistant Tamika Raley talks to a community member standing outside of the patio while she finishes preparing for the day’s food distribution at the Del Norte County and Adjacent Tribal Lands Community Food Council in Crescent City, California. The organization is also working on a mobile food pantry to reach the remote areas of the Yurok reservation. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Charles Perry, the food operations manager for the Del Norte County and Adjacent Tribal Lands Community Food Council in Crescent City, California (left), and a volunteer (right) prepare shopping bags of groceries for community members. The organization is also working on a mobile food pantry to reach the remote areas of the Yurok reservation. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Dar Caldwell, volunteer desiger for the children’s food garden at the Del Norte County and Adjacent Tribal Lands Community Food Council in Crescent City, California, sits in front of a playhouse in the children’s garden. The goal of the garden is to equip youth with the skills and resources they need to farm food for themselves. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)
  • Drea Lanctot, the food program coordinator for the Del Norte County and Adjacent Tribal Lands Community Food Council in Crescent City, California sits in front of her organization’s building. Lanctot, who’s a food gardener, sells some of her seedlings to Ancestral Guard’s Victorious Gardnes initiative. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21)

Additional Gaylord E-Portfolio required information:
– Created for Carnegie-Knight News21
– Audience: created for all audiences
– Date completed: August 2021
– Technology utilized: Adobe Lightroom
– Skills utilized: photography
– What I learned: photographing under difficult lighting circumstances

The Black Wall Street Liquid Lounge: Tulsa, Oklahoma

  • Dwight Eaton, co-owner of the Black Wall Street Liquid Lounge in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, sits with friends during one of many regular weekly breakfast conversations the men hold on Tuesday mornings. (Photo by Beth Wallis/NPR Next Generation Radio)
  • Co-manager Tikara Williams finishes preparing a customer’s drink. A barista by day, Williams also runs her own business: Aye Natural Candles. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ NPR Next Generation Radio)
  • The Black Wall Street Liquid Lounge also sells baked goods and sandwiches. (Photo by Beth Wallis/NPR Next Generation Radio)
  • Dwight Eaton is co-owner of Black Wall Street Liquid Lounge, a coffee shop on Greenwood Avenue. Eaton opened the business with his partner, Guy Troupe, in January 2020. (Photo by Beth Wallis/NPR Next Generation Radio)
  • The coffee shop’s chalkboard menu displays the O.W. Gurley Frappe, named after the pioneer founder of Greenwood. Using unique flavors like charcoal mocha, Black Wall Street Liquid Lounge offers several one-of-a-kind specialty drinks. (Photo by Beth Wallis/NPR Next Generation Radio)
  • Dwight Eaton, co-owner of the Black Wall Street Liquid Lounge in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, sits with friends during one of many regular weekly breakfast conversations the men hold on Tuesday mornings. (Photo by Beth Wallis/NPR Next Generation Radio)
  • A caramel macchiato prepared for himself by Dwight Eaton sits on the counter. Eaton said the drink is his favorite of The Black Wall Street Liquid Loung’s menu. (Photo by Beth Wallis/NPR Next Generation Radio)

Additional Gaylord E-Portfolio required information:
– Created for: NPR Next Generation Radio
– Audience: created for all audiences
– Date completed: April 2021
– Technology utilized: Adobe Lightroom
– Skills utilized: photography
– What I learned: photographing under difficult lighting circumstances