![]() ![]() Nonetheless, the place I was born and raised is a very beautiful place. There's a lot of racial discrimination that happens, but also criminalization. I lived in a trailer park for most of my life in Chamberlain, which is a border town-a term used to describe the white-dominated settlements that ring Indian reservations. I had the fortunate opportunity to live near my dad's family and grow up knowing I was Native, knowing I was Lakota but also coming from a working-class background. My mom is white, and my dad is an enrolled member of the Lower Brule Sioux tribe. ![]() That's right across the river from the place where I'm enrolled, the Lower Brule Sioux tribe. Nick Estes: I was born and raised in a place called Chamberlain, South Dakota, which is on the Missouri River and about 20 miles south of the nearest reservation, Crow Creek Indian Reservation. This transcript has been edited for clarity. Please view them as open invitations to dive deeper into each resource and topic explored. Note: *Our episodes are minimally edited. ![]()
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