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In 'Our History of the Future,' author Nick Estes tells stories of past Indigenous resistance

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We revisit host Deepa Fernandes’s August conversation with historian, author and Indigenous activist Nick Estes about his 2019 book “Our History is the Future: Standing Rock versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance,” which was released in a new edition.

In the book, Estes tells stories of past Indigenous acts of resistance and how that resistance has lessons for the growing global water crisis.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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