Our History Is the Future
Book description
In 2016, a small protest encampment at the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota, initially established to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, grew to be the largest Indigenous protest movement in the twenty-first century, attracting tens of thousands of Indigenous and non-Native allies from around the world.…
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1 author picked Our History Is the Future as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Combining personal memoir and scrupulous history, this traces the long history of Indigenous resistance in the United States, showing it as a story of self-defence and struggles for sovereignty.
Starting with the remarkable Indigenous resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock, Estes’s work manages to combine a readable introduction to complex history with an urgent recognition of the stakes involved in the fight for land, water, and natural resources today.
One of my favourite recommendations to anyone who wants to start understanding the deep roots of contemporary issues facing Indigenous communities.
From Caroline's list on the Indigenous histories of North America.
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