Our history is the future: Standing Rock versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the long tradition of Indigenous resistance

"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 no...

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Main Author: Estes, Nick (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Illinois Haymarket Books 2024
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Summary:"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. Its slogan "Mni Wiconi"—Water Is Life—was about more than just a pipeline. Water Protectors knew this battle for Native sovereignty had already been fought many times before, and that, even with the encampment gone, their anti-colonial struggle would continue."--
Item Description:With a new afterword by the author
Physical Description:340 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 21 cm
ISBN:9798888900826

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