Archive of Nick Estes

This time of year is a moment of deep reflection for Lakota people because of the anniversary of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre. Below is an excerpt from Nick Estes' Our History is the Future, on the history of indigenous resistance.    

If Natives were to be assimilated, they would be assimilated as individuals and not as nations. In the popular imaginary, Natives disappeared into the wilderness of history, were never truly nations, and had been overpowered by a superior civilization.

Nick Estes' history of Indigenous resistance in the US and the struggle for liberation against North America’s settler colonial violence.

Nick Estes asks what it means to be a citizen of a nation that invades your land.