Following projects in South Africa (2005) and Japan (2007), Janssen worked in and around Bartlesville, Oklahoma in 2008, a small town in the heart of the United States inhabited by members of the Turtle clan, a sub-clan of the matriarchal Delaware Indian tribe. The immediate motivating factor for Janssen going to work there was her curiosity about what could be seen of the children's Indian ancestry in these modern, young Native Americans. What is the relationship of the careworn and emotionally charged history of Native Americans with the social environment of the youngest generation? Can anything still be seen of their own culture? Along with this comes the fact that the image of the North American Indian has changed drastically over the last century. In the past, with few exceptions, the Indian was depicted as a blood-thirsty redskin prone to suddenly attacking remote forts or caravans of unwitting white pioneers. This image, maintained by numerous books and films, has changed radically, giving way to an image that may have become just as romanticised: that of the 'noble savage' who has become a victim of white colonialism. From this viewpoint, it is precisely these Native Americans who are closely linked to their own land and have a fundamental, physical as well as spiritual relationship with nature, the earth and the elements.
Baada ya kufanya kazi katika Afrika Kusini (2005) na Japan (2007), Janssen alifanya kazi katika na karibu na Bartlesville, Oklahoma, mji mdogo katika moyo wa Marekani, makazi ya wanachama wa Turtle kabila, sub-kabila ya matriarchal Delaware Indian kabila. Jambo la kwanza ambalo lilimchochea Jensen kwenda kufanya kazi huko lilikuwa udadisi wake kuhusu kile ambacho kingeweza kuonekana katika ukoo wa Wahindi wa watoto katika Wamarekani wa kisasa, vijana. Ni nini uhusiano wa historia ya Wenyeji wa Asili wa Amerika wenye wasiwasi na wenye hisia na mazingira ya kijamii ya kizazi cha vijana? Je, bado kuna kitu chochote kinachoonekana kuhusu utamaduni wao? Kwa upande mwingine, picha ya Wenyeji wa Asili wa Amerika Kaskazini imebadilika sana katika karne iliyopita. Katika nyakati za kale, isipokuwa wachache, Wahindi walionyeshwa kuwa watu wenye ngozi nyekundu wenye kiu ya damu, wenye mwelekeo wa kushambulia kwa ghafula ngome za mbali au msafara wa mapainia weupe wasiojua. Picha hii, iliyohifadhiwa na vitabu na filamu nyingi, imebadilika kabisa, ikitoa nafasi kwa picha ambayo inaweza kuwa kama romanticised: ile ya'mwitu mwitu' ambaye amekuwa mhasiriwa wa ukoloni mweupe. Kwa mtazamo huu, ni hasa Wenyeji wa Amerika hawa ambao wameunganishwa kwa karibu na ardhi yao na wana uhusiano wa msingi, wa kimwili na wa kiroho na asili, ardhi na vitu.