08/01/2021 @ All Day – UNITED LEAGUE OF INDIGENOUS NATIONS TREATY (“INTERNATIONAL TREATY”) Representatives of 11 Indigenous Nations, including the US, Canada, Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Australia, met on the homelands of the Lummi Indian Nation near Bellingham, Washington, and reached agreement on an historic treaty of Indigenous Nations. The Treaty established an international political and economic alliance to advance […]
08/02/2021 @ All Day – PAWNEE LAWYER, PUBLIC OFFICIAL LARRY J. ECHO HAWK BORN Raised in Farmington, New Mexico, Echo Hawk played football at Brigham Young University (1967-69) and earned Western Athletic Conference All-Academic Football honors (1969). After BYU, he received a law degree from University of Utah (1973) and attended Stanford University’s MBA program (1974–75). Starting as a legal […]
08/03/2021 @ All Day – ANISHINAABE ELDER, SPIRITUAL LEADER, CANOE MAKER OJIGKWANONG (WILLIAM COMMANDA) DIED Named “Morning Star” by his mother, Commanda was born in River Desert Indian Reserve (now Kitigan-Zibi) on November 11, 1913. While a master at building birchbark canoes, his spiritual presence was international. Serving as Band Chief of the Kitigan-zibi First Nation from 1951 to 1970, […]
08/04/2021 @ All Day – FIRST ISSUE OF NAVAJO TIMES PUBLISHED The first official edition of the Navajo Times newspaper cost 10 cents. Until March 21, 1984, the Navajo Times was a black-and-white, tabloid-sized paper printed in Albuquerque and circulated primarily in the major reservation towns like Window Rock, Tuba City, Chinle, Shiprock and Crownpoint. In 1984, the paper became […]
08/05/2021 @ All Day – OJIBWE BINAASWI (FRANCIS PEGAHMAGABOW) DIED – DECORATED CANADIAN WWI SNIPER Born March 9, 1891, on what is now the Shawanaga First Nation, near Parry Sound, Ontario, Pegahmagabow, whose Ojibwe name meant “The Wind that Blows Off,” joined the Canadian army in August, 1914. Volunteering for overseas duty and serving as a scout and sniper in […]
08/06/2021 @ All Day – HAWAIIAN LAWYER POLITICAL LEADER WILLIAM PŪNOHU WHITE BORN Born in Lahaina, Maui, White was descended from Kaiakea, orator for King Kamehameha I. As deputy sheriff of North Kohala, he gained a reputation for competence and integrity. Representing Lahaina in the legislature (1890 & 1892), he was a leader for the Liberal faction that opposed the […]
08/07/2021 @ All Day – PARAGUAYAN GUARANI CLASSICAL GUITARIST AGUSTÍN PÍO BARRIOS DIED Born on May 5, 1885, in San Bautista de las Misiones, in Southern Paraguay, his mother’s guitar playing inspired him at an early age. In 1898, Barrios began to study the classical guitar. Having already surpassed the technical and performing abilities of most guitarists, Barrios began to […]
08/08/2021 @ All Day – SINIXT-COLVILLE-OKANAGAN AUTHOR HUM-ISHU-MA (CHRISTAL QUINTASKET) DIED Born near Bonner’s Ferry, Idaho, circa 1884, Christal spent her life mostly on the Colville Reservation, Washington, but also was connected to the South Okanagan at Kettle Falls, British Columbia (B.C.). She thought her given name meant “Mourning Dove” and it became her pen name. Her writings portrayed Indians […]
08/09/2021 @ All Day – TREATY OF FORT JACKSON ENDS CREEK WARS Under the treaty, the Creek Nation ceded nearly 22 million acres to the United States. General Andrew Jackson, the sole U.S. negotiator, justified the seizure of so much territory as payment for the expense of an “unprovoked, inhuman, and sanguinary” war. The treaty actually was made with the […]
08/10/2021 @ All Day – MARICOPA POTTER IDA REDBIRD DIED Born March 15, 1892, in Laveen on the Gila River Reservation where she spent almost all her life, Redbird’s pottery was known nationally. In the 1920s, she helped preserve her people’s history and culture translating for Leslie Spier, who was researching the Yuman people living along the Gila River. In […]