Nick Estes (Books)

Nick Estes Books

Nick Estes is a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and an Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico. His work deeply explores the history and present realities of Indigenous peoples in America, particularly their long tradition of resistance. Through his writing and activism, he advocates for the recognition and empowerment of Indigenous community voices. His scholarship bridges academic inquiry with the urgency of contemporary justice struggles.

Red Nation Rising

256 pages
9 hours of reading

Red Nation Rising is the first book ever to investigate and explain the violent dynamics of border towns. Border towns are white-dominated towns and cities that operate at the borders of current-day reservation boundaries, which separate the territory of sovereign Native nations from lands claimed by the United States. Red Nation Rising marks the first effort to tell these entangled histories and inspire a new generation of Native freedom fighters to return to border towns as key front lines in the long struggle for Native liberation from US colonial control.

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