04/11/2021 @ All Day – HURON CHIEF TSAOUENHOHOUI (NICOLAS VINCENT) BORN Born in Jeune-Lorette (Wendake), Quebec, Tsaouenhohoui (“One Who Plunges Things Into The Water”), or Tsawenhohi (“He Who Sees Clearly”), was baptized “Nicolas Vincent.” Named War Chief in 1803, he became Grand Chief of Lorette by 1810. As Grand Chief, he tried to reclaim Huron lands from colonizers and loggers. […]
04/12/2021 @ All Day – AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT CO-FOUNDER NOWA CUMIG (DENNIS BANKS) BORN Born on the Leech Lake Reservation in Minnesota, Banks, whose Ojibwe name meant “In the Center of the Universe,” helped found the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1968. With AIM, he participated in/organized: the Alcatraz Island occupation (1969-71); Thanksgiving “Day of Mourning” at Plymouth Rock (1970); […]
04/13/2021 @ All Day – YAQUI REVOLUTIONARY LEADER CAJEMÉ (JOSÉ MARIA BONIFACIO LEYBA PEREZ) CAPTURED Known as Cajemé, Yaqui for “One who does not stop to drink [water],”‘ Perez was born in 1835 at Pesiou, Sonora, Mexico. He served in the Mexican military resisting the French occupation. After participating in the capture of Emperor Maximilian, he was appointed “Alcalde Mayor” […]
04/14/2021 @ All Day – CANADIAN SUPREME COURT DETERMINES THAT “INDIAN” INCLUDES MÉTIS & NON-STATUS INDIANS In Daniels v. Canada (Indian Affairs and Northern Development), 216 SC 12, the Supreme Court of Canada clarified that the federal government’s jurisdiction under the Constitution of Canada over “Indians, and Lands reserved for the Indians” includes Métis and non-status Indians. This means that […]
04/15/2021 @ All Day – FT. SILL APACHE TRIBAL LEADER EH-OHN (MILDRED CLEGHORN) DIED Born at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, on December 11, 1910, she was one of the few surviving Prisoners of War of the Fort Sill Apaches, who weren’t freed until 1913-1914. The Fort Sill Apaches were members of Geronimo’s band, who “surrendered” in 1886. At age 3, her […]
04/16/2021 @ All Day – MOHAWK DIPLOMAT, COUNSELLOR KOÑWATSIˀTSIAIÉÑNI (MOLLY BRANT) DIED Born around 1736 either at Canajoharie, or, like brother Joseph, in Ohio, Brant’s grandfather was Mohawk leader King Hendrick [see July 9]. Molly, whose name meant “Someone lends her a flower,” accompanied Hendrick and other Mohawk leaders in 1754–55 to meet with Pennsylvania officials about a fraudulent sale of […]
04/17/2021 @ All Day – THE CONSTITUTION ACT, 1982 BECOMES EFFECTIVE. AFFIRMS ABORIGINAL TREATY RIGHTS The Act repatriated the British North America Act, 1867. Section 35, addressing Aboriginal rights: (1) recognizes existing aboriginal and treaty rights; (2) defines aboriginal peoples of Canada to include the Indian, Inuit and Métis; (3) defines treaty rights to include rights by land claims existing […]
04/18/2021 @ All Day – MAYAN AJAW (CARACOL) K’AN II REPUTEDLY BORN K’an II (Ruler V, Lord Stormwater Moon and Antenna Top II) was a Maya ajaw (ruler) of Caracol (in present day Belize) who reigned from 618 to 658 AD. K’an II was a younger son of King Yajaw Te’ K’inich II and Lady Batz’ Ek’. His half-brother and […]
04/19/2021 @ All Day – ONONDAGA COGWAGEE (TOM LONGBOAT) WINS THE 11TH BOSTON MARATHON-SETS RECORD Born on June 4, 1887, Longboat was one of thousands of indigenous children forced into Canada’s residential school system. Refusing to speak English or adopt Christianity, Tom ran away. He began running competitively as a teen winning races in Ontario. At age 20, Longboat not […]
04/20/2021 @ All Day – NATIVE HAWAIIAN SCHOLAR, DANCER, COMPOSER, EDUCATOR MARY KAWENA PUKUI BORN Born on the Island of Hawaiʻi, Kawena was raised in the hanai style, by her Hawaiian grandparents. Her grandmother, Po’ai, a traditional dancer in the court of Queen Emma, taught her chants and stories. From the age of 15, Kawena collected and translated folk tales, […]