Nick Estes
American journalist
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Nick Estes is a Sicangu American community organizer, journalist, and historian at the University of Minnesota.[1][2][3][4] He has cofounded The Red Nation and Red Media. After the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in 2016-2017, Estes met controversy for allegedly misusing money donated to his organization which was meant to go to protestors. In 2019, he was awarded the Lannan Literary Award Fellowship for nonfiction. In 2020, he was honored as the Marguerite Casey Foundation's freedom scholar.[5][6]
OccupationAssistant Professor in American Indian Studies at University of Minnesota
Organizations
- The Red Nation
- Oak Lake Writers' Society
- Red Media
KnownforIndigenous organizing and history, nonfiction
Awards2019 Lannan Literary Award Fellowship for Nonfiction
Nick Estes | |
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Estes in 2019 | |
| Occupation | Assistant Professor in American Indian Studies at University of Minnesota |
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| Known for | Indigenous organizing and history, nonfiction |
| Awards | 2019 Lannan Literary Award Fellowship for Nonfiction |
| Honours | 2020 Marguerite Casey Foundation's Freedom Scholar |
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| Education | |
| Thesis | Our History is the Future: Mni Wiconi and the Struggle for Native Liberation (2017) |
Bibliography
Books
- 2019: Our History is the Future: Standing Rock versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance, Verso
- 2019: Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement. University of Minnesota Press
- 2021: Red Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation. PM Press[7]
