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Perched on sea ice, Iñupiat hunter Larry Lucas Kaleak puts a wooden paddle into the water to listen for passing whales and bearded seals.
Perched on sea ice, Iñupiat hunter Larry Lucas Kaleak puts a wooden paddle into the water to listen for passing whales and bearded seals.

Bison graze on land set aside for them on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana. Not far away are several “buffalo jumps,” low cliffs over which Siksikaitsitapi hunters drove bison long ago.
Bison graze on land set aside for them on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana. Not far away are several “buffalo jumps,” low cliffs over which Siksikaitsitapi hunters drove bison long ago.
Quannah Rose Chasinghorse, a groundbreaking Indigenous model, uses her fame to support her activism, reminding people in this portrait, "whose land you're living on."
Quannah Rose Chasinghorse, a groundbreaking Indigenous model, uses her fame to support her activism, reminding people in this portrait, "whose land you're living on."

In the Cofán community of Sinangoe, village rangers pose with the spears that are formal symbols of their office.
In the Cofán community of Sinangoe, village rangers pose with the spears that are formal symbols of their office.
Qumangaapik Kvist and his dog team cross over a crack in the ice, a routine but dangerous part of an Arctic hunter’s life. Dogsleds remain the primary mode of transportation in northern Greenland.
Qumangaapik Kvist and his dog team cross over a crack in the ice, a routine but dangerous part of an Arctic hunter’s life. Dogsleds remain the primary mode of transportation in northern Greenland.
Shaman Buyanbadrakh Erdenetsogt presents an offering of sheep meat to the spirit of the snow leopard that inhabits Sutai Khairkhan, one of twelve sacred mountains in Mongolia’s Altai Mountains.
Shaman Buyanbadrakh Erdenetsogt presents an offering of sheep meat to the spirit of the snow leopard that inhabits Sutai Khairkhan, one of twelve sacred mountains in Mongolia’s Altai Mountains.
People of the Whale / National Geographic
People of the Whale / National Geographic
Juvenile blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) cruise under the mangroves in Palau’s Rock Islands in the Southern Lagoon.
Juvenile blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) cruise under the mangroves in Palau’s Rock Islands in the Southern Lagoon.
Perched on sea ice, Iñupiat hunter Larry Lucas Kaleak puts a wooden paddle into the water to listen for passing whales and bearded seals. Bison graze on land set aside for them on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana. Not far away are several “buffalo jumps,” low cliffs over which Siksikaitsitapi hunters drove bison long ago. Quannah Rose Chasinghorse, a groundbreaking Indigenous model, uses her fame to support her activism, reminding people in this portrait, "whose land you're living on." In the Cofán community of Sinangoe, village rangers pose with the spears that are formal symbols of their office. Qumangaapik Kvist and his dog team cross over a crack in the ice, a routine but dangerous part of an Arctic hunter’s life. Dogsleds remain the primary mode of transportation in northern Greenland. Shaman Buyanbadrakh Erdenetsogt presents an offering of sheep meat to the spirit of the snow leopard that inhabits Sutai Khairkhan, one of twelve sacred mountains in Mongolia’s Altai Mountains. People of the Whale / National Geographic Juvenile blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) cruise under the mangroves in Palau’s Rock Islands in the Southern Lagoon.