Frozen Land Forgotten People



Photo Title

Frozen Land Forgotten People

Photographer/Creator

Barbara Davidson

Collection

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Caption/Description

A torn American Flag flies over a snow-covered cemetery in Tuba, Arizona where Thomasina Nez's former partner, and Father to 5 of her children, is buried. Dispute over the 1.6 million acre tract of tribal land in northern Arizona became known as the 'Bennett freeze.' It is a land frozen in time because of government bureaucracy.

Citation

Barbara Davidson, "Frozen Land Forgotten People," in POYi Archive, Item #43636, http://archive.poy.org/index.php/items/show/43636 (accessed June 14, 2025).

Date Added

04.26.2011