Indian Country
by Gwendolyn Cates
Grove Press, 2001

Gwendolyn Cates was 11 when her father first took her to visit a Navajo reservation. Her father had set out to learn the Navajo language, and made friends on the reservation. Gwendolyn continued to visit as she grew older and ultimately became a professional photographer. It was almost a natural when she was asked by the Men's Journal to travel to 10 reservations around the country to document Indian country.

The book called Indian Country that grew from the assignment contains dozens of portraits, including many from Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Wisconsin. This collection of vivid, compelling photographs takes readers on a journey through Indian territory to discover the way Native Americans are living today, both on and off the reservation—from the Tlingit of Alaska to the Navajo in the Southwest to the Seneca in New York. Several of the pictures are accompanied by comments from the people pictured.