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Nick Estes

ニック・エステス

Nick Estes

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Career

Occupations
Assistant Professor (American Indian Studies), Community organizer, Journalist, Historian, Author
Active Years
2010-
Affiliations
The Red Nation, Oak Lake Writers' Society, Red Media, University of Minnesota (faculty)
Influenced By
Sicangu (Lakota) traditions and oral history, Indigenous resistance movements and decolonial activism
Influenced
Contemporary Indigenous activists and scholars

Education

University of South Dakota
History / Liberal Arts
Degree: BA, MA
Country: United States
BA and MA obtained (years unspecified)
University of New Mexico
American Studies
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 2017
Country: United States
PhD dissertation: 'Our History is the Future: Mni Wiconi and the Struggle for Native Liberation' (2017)

Awards

Lannan Literary Award Fellowship (Nonfiction)
2019
Work: Our History is the Future
Category: ノンフィクション
Organization: Lannan Foundation / Lannan Literary Awards
Result: 受賞
Marguerite Casey Foundation Freedom Scholar
2020
Organization: Marguerite Casey Foundation
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Our History is the Future: Standing Rock versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance

2019 Nonfiction

A historical analysis centered on the Standing Rock protests that reexamines Indigenous resistance and struggles against settler colonialism, situating battles over land and water within a broader context of Native liberation.

Indigenous resistanceSettler colonialismLand and water rightsDecolonization

Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement

2019 Nonfiction / Anthology

An anthology collecting voices from participants in the #NoDAPL movement, presenting first-hand testimony and accounts from the protests to illuminate multiple facets of the resistance.

Community testimonyEnvironmental justiceProtest movements

Red Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation

2021 Nonfiction

Analyzes structures of violence against Indigenous peoples in bordertown and borderland contexts and argues for policy and movement directions from a Native liberation perspective.

Bordertown violencePolicy critiqueNative liberation

Bibliography

  • Our History is the Future: Standing Rock versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance (2019)
  • Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement (2019)
  • Red Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation (2021)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
A forceful prose that blends scholarly analysis with activist voiceIncorporates oral testimony and fieldwork-based reporting
Recurring Motifs
Land and waterResistance and solidarityContinuities of colonialism

Legacy

An important younger scholar-activist who frames contemporary political and environmental issues from Indigenous perspectives. He bridges academia and movements, influencing debates on Native liberation and environmental justice.

Academic Societies

  • American Indian Studies Association (presumed)

Archives

  • University of New Mexico Digital Repository (dissertation and related materials)

Quotes

  • Our history is the future.
    Source: Our History is the Future (book) (2019)

Trivia

  • Co-founder of The Red Nation.
  • Has contributed journalism to outlets including The Intercept and The Guardian.
  • Twitter handle: @nickwestes (may change)