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Photos: Winona's Kitchen helps feed pipeline protesters at Standing Rock

Winona Kasto adds golden hominy to homemade soup.
Winona Kasto of Green Grass, S.D., adds golden hominy to a batch of homemade soup at the Oceti Sakowin Camp on Saturday. While her kitchen is not the only option for prepared food at the camp, Kasto is known for her generosity and a knack for getting things done. Saunders Youngbear watches his mother's efforts.
Ann Arbor Miller for MPR News

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With winter approaching, food and shelter are critical for the thousands gathered on the North Dakota prairie trying to stop the Dakota Access pipeline.

The Oceti Sakowin (Seven Fires) Camp near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation has a main mess hall, but small kitchens have sprung up around the camp.

Winona Kasto runs Winona's Kitchen, housed in a small makeshift tent. Kasto, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe in South Dakota, does much of the cooking outdoors over a wood fire. She makes soup or stew every day in a 50 gallon pot over the fire, serving more than 400 people a day.

Volunteers and donated supplies keep the kitchen running, but Winona is its the heart and soul.

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Cook Winona Kasto talks with volunteers.
Kasto talks with volunteers. "I'm really busy from the time I get up until the time I go to bed," said Kasto.
Ann Arbor Miller for MPR News
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Winona Kasto adds golden hominy to homemade soup.
Winona Kasto of Green Grass, S.D., adds golden hominy to a batch of homemade soup at the Oceti Sakowin Camp on Saturday. While her kitchen is not the only option for prepared food at the camp, Kasto is known for her generosity and a knack for getting things done. Saunders Youngbear watches his mother's efforts.
Ann Arbor Miller for MPR News
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A morning fire helps warm hands and water.
A morning fire helps warm hands, feet and thaw jugs of drinking water on Sunday. Much of this water will be used by Kasto and other volunteers to prepare food.
Ann Arbor Miller for MPR News