I took this photo about five years ago, while bird hunting up on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in southern South Dakota. It was kind of a jarring sight -- five really nice trophy heads, in various states of decomposition, sitting on top of a pickup truck in its own state of decomposition. Off to the left of where this photo was taken, there was a four-foot pile of antlered skulls and sheds as well.
I'm not sure if there's a conclusion to draw here, other than the Lakota Sioux seem to have a very different philosophy on the value and display of a pair of deer antlers.
Friday, January 14, 2011
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Rosebud is a strange place, haunting though, I'd like to go back.
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