Opinion | Nick Estes: The Supreme Court ruling on Oklahoma was welcome, but Indigenous people deserve more. - NBCNewsTHINK
That Indigenous movement reawakened in 2016 at Standing Rock, unleashing a cascade of uprisings against fossil fuel projects and winning important legal battles, from victories against pipelines to securing land rights. And it is that momentum we must continue to harness now.
Much like Black Lives Matter, the seeds of the new Indigenous movement were sown during the Obama administration and bore fruit during President Donald Trump’s term. Amid the recent George Floyd protests and calls to defund the police, statues of colonizers and symbols of white supremacy have also begun to fall. The changes underway, however, are more than symbolic.
At the center of it all is Indigenous sovereignty, which is currently at the forefront of protecting the rights to a clean environment for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. The recent Dakota pipeline decision is a part of a broader movement for decolonization that seeks to restore land back to Indigenous people and implement a much more comprehensive framework for environmental justice.
Indigenous movements have demonstrated the profound shortcomings of the U.S. legal system in administering justice. We shouldn’t, however, minimize the role social movements play in affecting legal decisions and shaping public consciousness.
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