04/21/2021 @ All Day – KING PHILIP’S WAR–THE ATTACK ON SUDBURY, MASSACHUSETTS Kings Philip’s War (1675-76) was the bloodiest settler-Indian conflict in American history as measured by the percentage of the male population killed or wounded. In March 1676, Indian warriors decided to attack settlements near Boston. By April 20, warriors were on the outskirts of Sudbury whose defense depended […]
04/22/2021 @ All Day – 1ST OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH OPENS NATIVE LAND FOR SETTLEMENT At high noon, settlers made a mad dash into the newly opened Oklahoma Territory to claim cheap land in Indian Territory. Once considered worthless land suitable only for relocating Native Americans to make way for white settlement, by the 1890s, improved agricultural and ranching techniques led […]
04/23/2021 @ All Day – PERUVIAN INCA WRITER HISTORIAN GARCILASO DE LA VEGA, “EL INCA,” DIED Born Gómez Suárez de Figueroa on April 12, 1539, in Cuzco, Peru, Garcilaso was one of the great Spanish chroniclers of the 16th century, authoring works on the history of the Indians in South America and the Spanish expeditions. The illegitimate son of a […]
04/24/2021 @ All Day – INUIT LAWYER ACTIVIST KIVIAQ (DAVID CHARLES WARD) DIED Born on January 23, 1936, in Chesterfield Inlet, Northwest Territories, David’s family moved in 1940 to Edmonton. Given the Inuktituk name, Kiviaq, by his Inuit mother and Caucasian step-father at birth, he was renamed David Ward. Small in stature, he took to boxing to defend himself and […]
04/25/2021 @ All Day – SPOKANE ARTIST/ACTIVIST CHARLENE TETERS BORN Born in Spokane, Washington, Teters earned a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her protest of a portrayal of a pseudo-Native American dance brought attention to the issue of racial stereotyping. In 1991, she helped found the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and […]
04/26/2021 @ All Day – HAWAIIAN STATESMAN JONAH PI’IKOI DIED Born circa January 1804, at Waimea on Kauaʻi, his Hawaiian name “Piʻikoi” meant “Lofty Aspirations.” He began public service as a tobacco lighter for King Kaumualiʻi of Kaui’i. He accompanied Kamehameha II to Oʻahu in 1822 and served as his personal attendant. Returning to Kauaʻi after Kamehameha II’s departure to […]
04/27/2021 @ All Day – INUIT WRITER, STORYTELLER MICHAEL KUSUGAK BORN Born at Qatiktalik, Northwest Territories, Kusugak writes children’s books based on Inuit life. He co-authored A Promise is a Promise (1988), tales about the Qallupilluit, Inuit ocean creatures that warn children about falling through the ice. He followed with Hide and Sneak (1992) and Baseball Bats for Christmas (1990). […]
04/28/2021 @ All Day – NATIVE HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY GUITARIST-GRAMMY WINNER-DENNIS KAMAKAHI DIED Dennis David Kahekilimamaoikalanikeha Kamakahi was born on March 31, 1953, in Honolulu. His father and paternal grandfather both played guitar in the slack-key style. At age 19, Dennis was invited by the ukulele player Eddie Kamae to join the Sons of Hawai‘i, the musical group most indelibly […]
04/29/2021 @ All Day – CHILCOTIN WAR BEGINS The Chilcotin War was a series of attacks by the Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin) people in British Columbia on white workers building a gold road through Chilcotin land. On April 29, 1864, a ferryman was killed refusing a demand from Head War Chief Klatsassin and others for food. The tribe had suffered a smallpox […]
04/30/2021 @ All Day – NAVAJO-UTE NUCLEAR PHYSICIST CLEVER FOX (FRED BEGAY) DIED Born July 2, 1932, at Towaoc, Colorado, on the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation, Fred served in the US Air Force from 1951-1955. From University of New Mexico, he earned a doctorate in nuclear physics before joining the staff of Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1971. He held […]