07/01/2021 @ All Day – BRITAIN TRANSFERS CONTROL OF INDIAN AFFAIRS TO CANADA Through this transfer, the Imperial Crown dispensed with the last of its responsibilities towards its former allies. Initially administered under the Crown Lands Department, individual colonial responsibility over Indian affairs did not last long as, at Confederation in 1867, responsibility for “Indians and lands reserved for Indians” […]
07/02/2021 @ All Day – HO-CHUNK SGT MITCHELL RED CLOUD JR. MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER BORN Born in Hatfield, Wisconsin, Mitchell, at age 16, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and joined Carlson’s Raiders. He contracted malaria and jaundice but refused a medical discharge. At Okinawa, in May 1945, he earned a Purple Heart. In 1948, Mitchell joined the U.S. […]
07/03/2021 @ All Day – HAWAIIAN ENGINEER/POLITICIAN JOHN H. “JOHNNY” WILSON DIED Born in Honolulu, Hawai’i, on December 15, 1871, Wilson was of Hawaiian royal lineage on his mother’s side. His parents were friends of King Kalākaua and Queen Liliʻuokalani and his father was Marshal of the Kingdom under the Queen. A construction job with O’ahu Railway & Land in […]
07/04/2021 @ All Day – CREE CHIEF PÎHTOKAHANAPIWIYIN (POUNDMAKER) DIED Born near Battleford, Saskatchewan, around 1842, Poundmaker was raised by Cree relatives. As an adult, he was adopted by Blackfoot Chief Crowfoot. The name “Poundmaker” came from his expertise in building pounds for hunting buffalo. A fine orator, he spoke out against the government’s failure to live up to treaties. […]
07/05/2021 @ All Day – CANADIAN MOHAWK GUITARIST “ROBBIE” ROBERTSON BORN Born Jaime Royal Klegerman, Robbie’s Cayuga-Mohawk mother grew up on the Six Nations Reserve near Toronto. Robertson is his step-father’s last name. Robbie was lead guitarist and songwriter for The Band. The group backed up and recorded with Bob Dylan (1965-68) before making their name in “Music From Big […]
07/06/2021 @ All Day – HAWAIIAN KING DAVID KALĀKAUA SIGNS PRO-AMERICAN “BAYONET CONSTITUTION” The 1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawai’i was a document prepared by white anti-monarchists to strip the monarchy of much of its authority and thereby initiate a transfer of power to American and European elites, including the Dole family. The document became known as the “Bayonet […]
07/07/2021 @ All Day – SAC-AND-FOX ATHLETE WA-HO-THUCK (JIM THORPE) WINS OLYMPIC PENTATHALON GOLD MEDAL Born May 28, 1887, in Prague, Oklahoma, Thorpe’s Sac-and-Fox name meant “Bright Path. At Carlisle Indian School, he was on the track and football team. A running back, he was an All-American in 1911 and 1912. Turning to the 1912 Summer’s Olympics, he easily won […]
07/08/2021 @ All Day – MUSCOGEE-SEMINOLE PAINTER JEROME RICHARD TIGER BORN Born in Oklahoma, Tiger dropped out of high school at age 16 and joined the U.S. Navy Reserve from 1958 to 1960. His artistic style was to combine “spiritual vision, humane understanding, and technical virtuosity” with traditional subject matter and composition. Compared to Rembrandt and Francisco Goya due to […]
07/09/2021 @ All Day – MOHAWK LEADER THEYANOGUIN (“KING HENDRICK”) PROPOSES THE “ALBANY PLAN” A man of distinction in both Native and English upper circles, Theyanoguin, known as “King Hendrick,” led a delegation of chiefs from the Iroquois Confederation to address a meeting in Albany Congress seeking to bring about better relations with the Native American tribes and common defensive […]
07/10/2021 @ All Day – INUIT ACTIVIST AUKTALIK (ABRAHAM “ABE” OKPIK) DIED Born January 12, 1928, in the Mackenzie Delta area, Northwest Territories (NWT), Okpik, whose name meant “Man With a Mole,” was raised traditionally. An avid reader, he skipped grades 2, 4 and 5. Starting in 1957, Okpik worked as a government translator. Learning the writing system used in […]