Utah Award in the Environmental Humanities: Dr. Nick Estes

Please join us on October 1, 2024 at the Alumni House at 7:30pm to celebrate Dr. Nick Estes, the 2024 recipient of the Utah Award in the Environmental Humanities. Dr. Estes is a historian who focuses on global Indigenous histories, environmental justice, and decolonization. He is an enrolled member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and is an Assistant Professor in American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota.  He is the author of the award-winning book Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance, and the lead editor of Red Media, an Indigenous-run non-profit media organization that publishes books, videos, and the Red Nation podcast. 

After conferring the award, members of the Environmental Humanities Program will engage in a conversation with Estes about the relationships between his work and environmental humanities. The event is free with registration and open to the public.

The Utah Award in the Environmental Humanities celebrates environmental leadership and expression. The award was created to honor those who solve the planet’s environmental problems using humanities tools like creative expression, popular art forms, scholarly research or advocacy. Past recipients of the award have been Amitav Ghosh, Rebecca Solnit, Jonathan Franzen, Aniya Butler, and Greg Sarris.