"Standing at the Crossroads,"

  • Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star
  • August 11, 2010
  • By Kevin Abourezk and Colleen Kenney

Deep, powerful reporting and writing about the ravages of alcohol at the Pine Ridge reservation and how the disease has been tearing apart the Lakota tribe. The reporters placed a lot of their attention on the young generation struggling to succeed. This series could have devolved into stereotypes, but the reporters always treated the reservation residents with dignity, and approached them as vulnerable human beings.

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