South Dakota Humanities Scholar Molly Barari leads a discussion on this year's One Book South Dakota selection 'Our History Is the Future' by Nick Estes.
Six years ago at the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, a small protest encampment grew to capture national attention. What initially began as an effort to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, the movement grew to be the largest Indigenous protest of its kind in the twenty-first century. Many Oceti Sakowin (people of the Sioux Nation), as well as so many other Indigenous tribes, knew this battle for native sovereignty had already been fought many times before, and that, even after the encampment was gone, their anticolonial struggle would continue. In 'Our History Is the Future', Nick Estes traces traditions of Indigenous resistance that led to the #NoDAPL movement, as well as other movements, and highlights the struggles for sovereignty that so many have faced in this country.
Nick Estes is a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, born and raised in Chamberlain, SD. He holds a PhD in the American Studies Department from the University of New Mexico and a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in history from the University of South Dakota. Currently, Nick is an Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico and a member of the Oak Lake Writers Society, a group of Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota writers. In 2014, a Nick helped co-found 'The Red Nation' in Albuquerque, NM, an organization dedicated to the liberation of Native people from capitalism and colonialism.
Check out a copy of 'Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance' today from the library: https://bit.ly/3r8Tfj0
This program is made possible thanks to the South Dakota Humanities Council.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Lecture | Educational | Community Wide |
TAGS: | One Book South Dakota | Book Club |