Anita McCune Witt was born in Kansas to city folk, so when her dad bought her a horse as a child, she had to board it on some vacant land outside of town.

Almost a decade after Standing Rock sparked his calling, journalist Jarrette Werk has built a career challenging how Indigenous communities are covered — and he’s just getting started.

The identity of the “Woman of the High Plains” was revealed in 1979—but five years later, Nettie Featherston was forgotten ...