A Nation of Guns
October 1, 2023
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is a historian, activist, and frequent contributor to Monthly Review. She is the author of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (Beacon Press, 2015), Loaded: A… READ MORE
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Not a Nation of Immigrants
September 1, 2021
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is a historian, activist, and author of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (Beacon Press, 2015). This article is adapted from the introduction of her latest… READ MORE
Examining the Wreckage
July 1, 2020
Nick Estes is a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, an assistant professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico, and the author of Our History Is… READ MORE
Settler Colonialism and the Second Amendment
January 1, 2018
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is the author of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (Beacon, 2014) and other works on the history of Indigenous peoples. This article is adapted from… READ MORE
Native Land and African Bodies, the Source of U.S. Capitalism
February 1, 2015
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (http://reddirtsite.com) was born and grew up in rural Oklahoma. She is author of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, and other works on the history of… READ MORE
Dreams of Revolution: Oklahoma, 1917
November 1, 2010
John Womack, Jr. was born and grew up in Norman, Oklahoma, writing his 1959 undergraduate thesis on the Green Corn Rebellion. He is author of Zapata and the Mexican Revolution… READ MORE
Indigenous Resistance in the Americas and the Legacy of Mariátegui
September 1, 2009
Marc Becker, Indians and Leftists in the Making of Ecuador’s Modern Indigenous Movements (Durham: Duke University Press, 2008), 356 pages, $22.95, paperback. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (www.reddirtsite.com), a longtime activist, historian, writer,… READ MORE
Indigenous Peoples and the Left in Latin America
July 1, 2007
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is a longtime activist, university professor, and writer. In addition to numerous scholarly books and articles, she has written three historical memoirs, Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie (Verso,… READ MORE
Road to the Iraq War: Two Views of U.S. Imperialism
January 1, 2007
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is a historian, writer, teacher, and activist. Her most recent work is a historical memoir trilogy: Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie (Verso, 1997 and University of Oklahoma, 2006);… READ MORE
Bound for GloryÑIndeed!
March 1, 2005
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is a long-time activist, university professor, and writer. In addition to numerous scholarly books and articles, she has written three historical memoirs, Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie (Verso,… READ MORE