Native American tribal leaders in South Dakota are appealing for urgent help as snowed-in communities run out of vital supplies amid a winter storm.
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has been buried in more than 30in (76cm) of snow, but powerful winds have stacked snow drifts 12ft (3.6m) high.
“We’re fighting a losing battle,” Oglala Sioux Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out told BBC News.
