California State University, Long Beach, has been hosting an annual Pow Wow at Puvungna for the past 45 years. Lakota, Diné, Kiowa peoples as well as other tribes from North America arrive to dance and celebrate language and culture on one of the few campuses that boasts a program dedicated to the academic pursuit of tribal studies.
Our clients wanted undirected action that reflected the power of the dancers and respected the flow of the event. So every photograph had to be made using a hands-off, photojournalistic approach.
