Our History Is the Future
Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance

Did you know that Thanksgiving Day originally celebrated the brutal slaughter of 700 native Pequots in the Connecticut colony in 1637 “in honor of the bloody victory”? Did you know that Clark of the famed Lewis and Clark expedition told the Lakota headman that he was sent by Thomas Jefferson, who co......more

crucial, readable, and compelling deep history of the #NoDAPL movement not as an event, but as a continuation of anti-colonial and anti-imperial resistance by Indigenous peoples worldwide. Estes' intervention is deeply important for three main reasons: ONE it situates the No DAPL uprising as part of......more

A fascinating and depressing book, though it does aim for levels of hope amid the tragedy. This seems to be the continual story of native peoples in the americas--horror and tragedy. Estes does a comprehensive job of analyzing and pulling together the history of native resistance, and trying to demon......more

There is a lot of history here thats presented really quick. While I did wish some points (The organizing history of AIM specifically for me) were covered in more depth, nothing was out of context. Written beautifully. Necessary read, my new favorite nonfiction......more

I really appreciated this book connecting indigenous resistance to DAPL to the long history of indigenous resistance to US government and private actions aimed at takeover of indigenous land, particularly among the Oceti Sakowin (Lakota, Dakota, Nakota). Estes also links indigenous activism in the U......more