#NoDAPL:Resisting Dakota Access Pipeline

  • September 26, 2016
  • 5:30 PM - 7:00 CST
  • Dumbach Hall, Room 120
  • Benjamin Johnson, bjohnson25@luc.edu
  • Free
  • Open to the public.
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    The Native-led movement against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation has swollen in numbers bringing together Natives and non-Natives to protect the life-sustaining waters of the Missouri River. Thousands have demonstrated at Standing Rock and around the world, while mainstream media has largely ignored the movement's historical and political significance. This talk explores the history of the Oceti Sakowin (The Great Sioux Nation) who have resisted the trespass of settlers, dams, and oil pipelines across the Missouri River--resistance that has brought together disparate movements under the banner of Mni Wiconi, or *water is life.*
    Nick Estes is Kul Wicasa from the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. He is a doctoral candidate in American Studies at the University of New Mexico, an Andrew W. Mellon Dissertation Fellow, and a co-founder of The Red Nation. His research and writing focuses on the history and politics of the Oceti Sakowin (The Great Sioux Nation), border town violence, colonialism and decolonization, and Indigenous internationalism and human rights.