08/21/2021 @ All Day – THE CANADIAN SUPREME COURT GIVES CONDITIONED DEFERENCE TO NATIVE FISHING RIGHTS William and Donald Gladstone, members of the Heiltsuk Band in British Columbia, were both charged with selling herring spawn contrary to the federal Fisheries Act. In their defense, they claimed that they had a right to sell herrings under section 35 of the Constitution […]
08/22/2021 @ All Day – PAIUTE ALICE PIPER DIED—COURT CASE OVERTURNED CALIFORNIA BAR TO INDIAN EDUCATION Born June 7, 1908, Piper was denied entry on June 2, 1923, to the newly-built Big Pine High School. California law barred Indians from attending public schools if a government Indian school was within 3 miles of the public school. Piper sued claiming that […]
08/23/2021 @ All Day – FEMALE HAWAIIAN ISLAND GOVERNORS REMOVED Under Hawai’i’s 1840 Constitution, the islands of Hawai’i, Maui, O’ahu, and Kaua’i were administered by governors nominated by the island chiefs and approved by the King. There were no gender restrictions upon who could serve as a governor. Ruth Keʻelikōlani was the first female governor serving in that role for […]
08/24/2021 @ All Day – PAWNEE SCOUT CO-TUX-A-KAH-WADDE (TRAVELING BEAR) BECOMES FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT Born in 1847, in Nebraska, Co-Tux-A-Kah-Wadde entered the U.S. Army as an Indian Scout. Because his name was misinterpreted as Co-Rux-Te-Chod-Ish, Mad Bear is the name that has been incorrectly documented in his Medal of Honor and other references to this day. […]
08/25/2021 @ All Day – MEXICAN ZAPOTEC ABSTRACT PAINTER RUFINO TAMAYO BORN Born in Oaxaca, Mexico, of Zapotec heritage, Tamayo entered Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in 1917. His first show, in New York (1926), was a success. His solo show at Galería de Arte Moderno in Mexico (1929) also drew crowds. From 1937 to 1959, he and wife Olga […]
08/26/2021 @ All Day – PENOBSCOT OLYMPIC MARATHONER ANDREW SOCKALEXIS DIED Born on January 11, 1892, in Old Town, Maine, Andrew grew up on Indian Island, Maine. His older brother, Louis, played a few seasons with the Cleveland Spiders and was considered possibly the first Native American to play Major League Baseball. At a young age, Andrew was determined to become […]
08/27/2021 @ All Day – MOHAWK CHIEF AHYONWAEGHS (JOHN BRANT) DIED Born September 27, 1794, near Brantford, Ontario, Brant, son of Mohawk chieftain Joseph Brant, was the first Aboriginal to receive a commission in the British Army in 1757. During the War of 1812, Brant and John Norton led the Mohawk in victory at the Battle of Queenston Heights where […]
08/28/2021 @ All Day – AMERICAN INDIAN FEDERATION CREATED The American Indian Federation (AIF) was an Anti-New Deal lobbying group. AIF grew from the Oklahoma-based Indian National Confederacy, under Joseph Bruner, a wealthy Creek, who was AIF president throughout its existence. AIF had 3 goals: repeal the Indian Reorganization Act; remove Indian Commissioner John Collier; and abolish the Bureau of […]
08/29/2021 @ All Day – QUEBEC BRIDGE COLLAPSE KILLS 33 MOHAWK IRONWORKERS The ironworkers constructing the Quebec Bridge were getting ready to leave for the day when, without warning, the bridge collapsed into the St. Lawrence River, taking 76 men to their deaths. Among them were 33 Mohawk workers from Kahnawake. The community was devastated. Four family names ceased to […]
08/30/2021 @ All Day – MONTAUK STEPHEN TALKHOUSE DIED—THE WALKER Born circa 1821, Stephen Taukus “Talkhouse” Pharaoh, as a child, was an indentured servant to an East Hampton family. Released at age 21, he worked as a hunter, fisherman and whaler. Some said he sailed to California in 1849 to look for gold. During the Civil War, he served with […]