Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz with Nick Estes, 11 October 2017 – Audio

Recorded at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico on October 11, 2017.

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is known for her lifelong commitment to national and international social justice issues. She has been active in the international Indigenous movement for more than four decades, working with Indigenous communities on sovereignty and land rights and helping to build the international Indigenous movement. She is Professor Emerita of Ethnic Studies at California State University, East Bay.

She is the author of numerous books and articles on indigenous peoples’ right to self-determination, including Roots of Resistance: A History of Land Tenure in New Mexico, The Great Sioux Nation, and An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, which received the 2015 American Book Award. A new book, Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment is forthcoming in January.

This was an In Pursuit of Cultural Freedom event.

In this episode, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz talked about her work, then joined Nick Estes in conversation. You can also find the videos of the talk and conversation here.