Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Native

Photo: A metallic green bee (Corynura chloris) at Fauna Andina, a conservation and research center near south-central Chile.

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A metallic green bee (Corynura chloris) at Fauna Andina, a conservation and research center near south-central Chile. This bee is native to Chile.

Photo: A metallic green bee (Corynura chloris) at Fauna Andina, a conservation and research center near south-central Chile.

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A metallic green bee (Corynura chloris) at Fauna Andina, a conservation and research center near south-central Chile. This bee is native to Chile.

Photo: A white-winged black tyrant (Knipolegus aterrimus aterrimus) at at Museo De Historia Natural Alcide d'Orbigny, a natural history museum and rare amphibian breeding center in Chocabamba Bolivia.

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A white-winged black tyrant (Knipolegus aterrimus aterrimus) at at Museo De Historia Natural Alcide d’Orbigny, a natural history museum and rare amphibian breeding center in Chocabamba Bolivia.

Photo: A white-winged black tyrant (Knipolegus aterrimus aterrimus) at at Museo De Historia Natural Alcide d'Orbigny, a natural history museum and rare amphibian breeding center in Chocabamba Bolivia.

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A white-winged black tyrant (Knipolegus aterrimus aterrimus) at at Museo De Historia Natural Alcide d’Orbigny, a natural history museum and rare amphibian breeding center in Chocabamba Bolivia.

Photo: Two Ute Indian girls on a horse at sunset in Ouray, Utah.

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Two Ute Indian girls on a horse at sunset in Ouray, Utah.

Photo: Wildlife spotter and guide in the rear-view mirror of his vehicle on the Rio Negro ranch in Brazil.

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Wildlife spotter and guide in the rear-view mirror of his vehicle on the Rio Negro ranch in Brazil.

Photo: A volunteer collects seeds from wildflowers and native grasses to plant.

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A volunteer collects seeds from wildflowers and native grasses to plant. Since they were never farmed, old graveyards are prime locations for finding the original tallgrass that has virtually disappeared elsewhere on the Great Plains.

Photo: The living room of a native American family in the Pacific Northwest shows images of past and present realities of this salmon-centered culture.

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The living room of a native American family in the Pacific Northwest shows images of past and present realities of this salmon-centered culture.

Photo: Aymara woman with her llama herd on the desolate landscape of the high Chilean Atacama desert.

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Aymara woman with her llama herd on the desolate landscape of the high Chilean Atacama desert.

Photo: Workers from Southern Native Plants out of Milton, Florida planting sea oats (Uniola paniculata) on a newly created sand dune to protect Dauphin Island, Alabama from the deep water horizon oil spill.

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Workers from Southern Native Plants out of Milton, Florida planting sea oats (Uniola paniculata) on a newly created sand dune to protect Dauphin Island, Alabama from the deep water horizon oil spill.

Photo: Workers from Southern Native Plants out of Milton, Florida planting sea oats (Uniola paniculata) on a newly created sand dune to protect Dauphin Island, Alabama from the deep water horizon oil spill.

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Workers from Southern Native Plants out of Milton, Florida planting sea oats (Uniola paniculata) on a newly created sand dune to protect Dauphin Island, Alabama from the deep water horizon oil spill.

Photo: Workers from Southern Native Plants out of Milton, Florida are planting sea oats (Uniola paniculata) in sand dunes on Dauphin Island, Alabama.

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Workers from Southern Native Plants out of Milton, Florida are planting sea oats (Uniola paniculata) in sand dunes on Dauphin Island, Alabama.

Photo: Volunteers collect native prairie seed from the Polk City (IA) cemetery to restore the nearby Walnut Creek NWR. The cemetery is one of the few remaining stands of virgin prairie in Iowa.

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Volunteers collect native prairie seed from the Polk City (IA) cemetery to restore the nearby Walnut Creek NWR. The cemetery is one of the few remaining stands of virgin prairie in Iowa.

Photo: Volunteers collect native prairie seed from the Polk City (IA) cemetery to restore the nearby Walnut Creek NWR. The cemetery is one of the few remaining stands of virgin prairie in Iowa.

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Volunteers collect native prairie seed from the Polk City (IA) cemetery to restore the nearby Walnut Creek NWR. The cemetery is one of the few remaining stands of virgin prairie in Iowa.

Photo: Volunteers collect native prairie seed from the Polk City (IA) cemetery to restore the nearby Walnut Creek NWR. The cemetery is one of the few remaining stands of virgin prairie in Iowa.

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Volunteers collect native prairie seed from the Polk City (IA) cemetery to restore the nearby Walnut Creek NWR. The cemetery is one of the few remaining stands of virgin prairie in Iowa.

Photo: Volunteers collect native prairie seed from the Polk City (IA) cemetery to restore the nearby Walnut Creek NWR. The cemetery is one of the few remaining stands of virgin prairie in Iowa.

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Volunteers collect native prairie seed from the Polk City (IA) cemetery to restore the nearby Walnut Creek NWR. The cemetery is one of the few remaining stands of virgin prairie in Iowa.

Photo: Volunteers collect native prairie seed from the Polk City (IA) cemetery to restore the nearby Walnut Creek NWR. The cemetery is one of the few remaining stands of virgin prairie in Iowa.

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Volunteers collect native prairie seed from the Polk City (IA) cemetery to restore the nearby Walnut Creek NWR. The cemetery is one of the few remaining stands of virgin prairie in Iowa.

Photo: Alaska native girls attend a youth summer camp in Kaktovik.

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Alaska native girls attend a youth summer camp in Kaktovik.

Photo: Alaska native girls attend a youth summer camp in Kaktovik.

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Alaska native girls attend a youth summer camp in Kaktovik.

Photo: A young man holds a Beriba fruit cultivated in the Brazilian Amazon.

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A young man holds a Beriba fruit cultivated in the Brazilian Amazon.

Photo: An Aymara family (indigenous) in the Chilean high Andes.

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An Aymara family (indigenous) in the Chilean high Andes.

Photo: A man from St. Lucia in the Caribbean poses leisurely outside his home.

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A man from St. Lucia in the Caribbean poses leisurely outside his home.

Photo: A man from St. Lucia in the Caribbean poses leisurely outside his home.

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A man from St. Lucia in the Caribbean poses leisurely outside his home.

Photo: A man from St. Lucia in the Caribbean poses in front of vibrant red flowers.

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A man from St. Lucia in the Caribbean poses in front of vibrant red flowers.

Photo: A woman sells flowers at a local market in St. Lucia in the Caribbean.

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A woman sells flowers at a local market in St. Lucia in the Caribbean.

Photo: Volunteers collect native prairie seed from the Polk City (IA) cemetery to restore the nearby Walnut Creek NWR. The cemetery is one of the few remaining stands of virgin prairie in Iowa.

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Volunteers collect native prairie seed from the Polk City (IA) cemetery to restore the nearby Walnut Creek NWR. The cemetery is one of the few remaining stands of virgin prairie in Iowa.

Photo: Volunteers collect native prairie seed from the Polk City (IA) cemetery to restore the nearby Walnut Creek NWR. The cemetery is one of the few remaining stands of virgin prairie in Iowa.

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Volunteers collect native prairie seed from the Polk City (IA) cemetery to restore the nearby Walnut Creek NWR. The cemetery is one of the few remaining stands of virgin prairie in Iowa.

Photo: Volunteers collect native prairie seed from the Polk City (IA) cemetery to restore the nearby Walnut Creek NWR. The cemetery is one of the few remaining stands of virgin prairie in Iowa.

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Volunteers collect native prairie seed from the Polk City (IA) cemetery to restore the nearby Walnut Creek NWR. The cemetery is one of the few remaining stands of virgin prairie in Iowa.

Photo: The effects of global warming and climate change are shown through early melting of sea ice and diminishing glaciers.

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The effects of global warming and climate change are shown through early melting of sea ice and diminishing glaciers.

Photo: The historic Sheridan Inn where the 'Battle of the Rosebud' mural hangs in the Inn's restaurant in Sheridan, Wyoming.

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The historic Sheridan Inn where the ‘Battle of the Rosebud’ mural hangs in the Inn’s restaurant in Sheridan, Wyoming. The mural is painted by Bernard Thomas and shows the battle of Native Americans against General George Crook in 1876. The natives won this battle and then defeated Custer just eight days later at Little Big Horn. This battle field is a huge part of native history and yet it is slated to be drilled for gas shortly.

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