Lakota Historian Nick Estes on Thanksgiving, Settler Colonialism & Continuing Indigenous Resistance

[Uncle Joe]

Lakota historian Nick Estes talks about the violent origins of Thanksgiving and his book _Our History Is the Future_. "This history … is a continuing history of genocide, of settler colonialism and, basically, the founding myths of this country," says Estes, who is a co-founder of the Indigenous resistance group The Red Nation and a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe.

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[jalan48]

1. Thanks for posting.

Thanksgiving has an entirely different meaning for Native Americans. We conveniently avoid talking about this while we're gorging ourselves, preferring the mythology that it was a peaceful coming together between different cultures. Easier on the digestion I guess.

[Martin68]

2. Thanks for posting. We need to entirely rethink the way US history is taught to include the perspectives Estes

presents here.

[GreenWave]

3. We used to at least hear about the feast with both peoples.

Now the indigenous are shoved aside from the table and forgotten, while football, family squabbles and shopping sprees occupy the attention.

Genocide from Utqiagvik down to Ushuaia was rampant for the better part of 5 full centuries and still continues in many regions. I think such a death toll would surpass 100,000,000.