02/21/2021 @ All Day – FIRST EDITION OF THE CHEROKEE PHOENIX PRINTED—FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER In the 1820s, the Cherokee were pressured to move west of the Mississippi River. The Cherokee General Council created the Cherokee Phoenix to elicit public support and keep the Cherokee informed. Having established a bicameral council, enacted a constitution, and developed a syllabary, a newspaper […]
02/22/2021 @ All Day – GEORGE WASHINGTON PILIPŌ–HAWAIIAN MINISTER/LEGISLATOR/REBEL–BORN An influential member of the Hawaiian House of Representatives from 1860 to 1884, Pilipō was known as “Ka Liona o Kona Akau”, or “The Lion of North Kona.” Born in Holualoa, North Kona, on the island of Hawai’i, he taught and established a school there before being ordained in 1864 at […]
02/23/2021 @ All Day – PIMA IRA HAYES AND BITTERROOT SALISH CHARLES CHARLO RAISE FLAGS ON IWO JIMA The U.S. flag being raised at Iwo Jima by U.S. Marines is one of the most famous war-images of all time. However, there were two flag-raisings on Mount Suribachi that day. American Indians played parts in both. On the fourth day of […]
02/24/2021 @ All Day – PACHEEDAHT ACTIVIST TSEYBAYOTL (HARRIET NAHANEE) DIED AFTER CUSTODY Harriet Nahanee, Indigenous rights activist and environmental activist, died in Vancouver, British Columbia, following serving a two-week sentence in a provincial jail in January 2007 for criminal contempt of court for her part in the Sea-to-Sky Highway expansion protest at Eagleridge Bluffs. She was hospitalized with pneumonia […]
02/25/2021 @ All Day – NATIVE HAWAIIAN MOVIE ACTRESS WINI SHAW BORN Born Winifred Lei Momi in San Francisco to parents of Hawaiian and Irish descent, she started her show career as a child in her parents’ vaudeville act. In 1931, she was featured in “The Ziegfield Follies of 1931.” She performed “Lullaby of Broadway” in Busby Berkeley’s film “Gold […]
02/26/2021 @ All Day – ANADIAN DOMINION ELECTIONS ACT PASSED–EXCLUDES INUIT & FIRST NATIONS The Dominion Elections Act, on face, gave the federal vote to every eligible Canadian over 21, male or female. Treaty Aboriginal people (First Nations) and Inuit were still not eligible because of the “trust” relationship. Also ineligible were those barred from provincial voters lists, including Asians […]
02/27/2021 @ All Day – AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT OCCUPATION OF WOUNDED KNEE BEGINS Native Americans, led by the American Indian Movement (AIM), occupied Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, site of the 1890 massacre of Sioux by the U.S. Seventh Cavalry. AIM members took 11 residents hostage as authorities descended on the reservation. The next day, AIM […]
02/28/2021 @ All Day – NAVAJO CHIEF NARBONA AMBUSHES MEXICAN SLAVE EXPEDITION IN CHUSKA MOUNTAINS During the early 1800s, the Navajo raided Mexican territory and attacked traders using the Santa Fe Trail. The Mexicans raided the Navajo often for slaves. In February 1835, Mexican Captain Blas de Hinojos and 1000 Mexican troops headed into Navajo country on a slaving expedition. […]