Očhéthi Šakówiŋ: A History of the Lakota and Dakota People

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Breht O'Shea

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🗓️ 27 November 2019

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, Breht is joined by returning guest, Mors, who explains, and reflects on, over 300 years of history and struggle of the Dakota and Lakota people.

Follow and contact Mors on Twitter @mors_Lakota

Check out Mor's blog here: https://hinskehanska.wordpress.com/

Check out Nick Estes' book "Our History Is the Future" mentioned in the show here: https://www.versobooks.com/authors/2351-nick-estes

Outro music: 'Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee' by Buffie Sainte-Marie

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome back to Revolutionary Left Radio.
0:09.7	On today's episode we have on Moors to talk about the history of the Lakota and Dakota
0:15.2	people.
0:16.2	We touch on an incredible amount of topics, cover huge swaths with early centuries of
0:21.1	history.
0:22.2	And I think this is important for obvious reasons.
0:24.0	It's around that time of the year.
0:25.5	And thanksgiving when a lot of this history is brought up and distorted by the settler
0:30.0	colonial state and its ideological state apparatuses.
0:33.6	And so, you know, around this time of the year like we did last year we want to release
0:36.5	a couple episodes really focusing in and doing deep dives on indigenous issues and indigenous
0:42.3	history.
0:43.3	Again, I love this conversation so much is covered.
0:46.7	I think it's really important especially for those of us on the left who really take
0:50.7	the colonization seriously who think about it in the context of what we're going to do politically
0:56.3	in the coming decades.
0:58.2	Understanding history is an absolute key to understanding the present and to building the
1:02.7	future.
1:03.7	So with that said, let's go ahead and get into this wonderful history on the Lakota and
1:07.1	Dakota people with Comrade Moors.
1:10.2	Enjoy.
1:41.2	So, hi everybody.
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