07/21/2021 @ All Day – CHEYENNE PETER HAUSER DIED-1ST QUARTERBACK TO THROW FORWARD PASS Born June 10, 1887, at Fort Reno, Indian Territory, Hauser played football for Carlisle Indian Industrial School from 1906 to 1910 under head coach Glenn “Pop” Warner. His historic moment came October 27, 1907, against an undefeated Penn team. Carlisle won 26–6. At a time when […]
07/22/2021 @ All Day – CHEROKEE LAWMAN & GUNFIGHTER TOM THREEPERSONS BORN Born in Vinita, Indian Territory, Tom attended Carlisle Indian Industrial School before riding the rodeo circuit. In 1907, after cattle rustlers killed his father, Tom tracked & killed the 2 suspects in a saloon. Tried for murder, he was acquitted. Tom joined the U.S. Army in 1916, serving under General Jack […]
07/23/2021 @ All Day – ONEIDA LEADER TEKAYA-TILU OR TEGA-WIR-TIRON (DANIEL BREAD) DIED Born March 27, 1800, in Oneida Castle, New York (NY), Bread, whose Oneida name meant “Learning Body,” was educated at the Presbyterian mission school. At age 14, he fought in the defense of the American naval base at Sackett’s Harbor during the Battle of Big Sandy Creek. […]
07/24/2021 @ All Day – NATIVE HAWAIIAN SINGER COMPOSER ALICE ANGELINE JOHNSON BORN Alice Angeline Ku’uleilokenani Johnson, was a famed Hawaiian singer, composer, and member of the Royal Hawaiian Band. Among her notable compositions are “Aloha ‘Ia No ‘O Maui,” “Hanohano Olinda,” “Kaulana Ke Kuahiwi Haleakala,” and “Ho’okipa Paka.” Known fondly as “Auntie Alice Johnson, she was also known by […]
07/25/2021 @ All Day – PONTIAC’S WAR ENDS AT FT. ONTARIO Pontiac’s War had its origins in the changing relationships of natives and whites after the British conquest of New France. The French had learned the languages, intermarried, and traded firearms. In contrast, the British sold off native lands and forbade trading firearms. By early 1763, Ottawa chief Obwandiyag (Pontiac) […]
07/26/2021 @ All Day – QUITO INCA ATAHUALPA EXECUTED BY SPAIN—LAST SAPA INCA (INCA EMPEROR) Atahualpa was born March 20, 1502, in Cajamarca [in modern Peru]. When his father died, circa 1527, the kingdom was divided between Atahualpa, ruling from Quito, and older brother Huáscar, ruling from Cuzco, the traditional Incan capital. The resulting civil war-ravaged cities and decimated the […]
07/27/2021 @ All Day – MEXICAN TARAHUMARA FORMER BOXING CHAMP DANIEL PONCE DE LEÓN BORN Raised in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains of Mexico, Daniel was a Mexican National Amateur champion and a bronze medalist at the 1999 Pan American Games. He then went on to represent Mexico at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2002, he took the WBC Youth […]
07/28/2021 @ All Day – ALEUT ELARY GROMOFF DIED-1ST NATIVE ALASKAN WEST POINT GRADUATE Elary was born on St. Paul Island, Alaska, on June 7, 1949. He was his class valedictorian at Mt. Edgecumbe High School. The first Aleut Alaskan Native to graduate from United States Military Academy at West Point, Elary served in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers […]
07/29/2021 @ All Day – TRIBAL LAW AND ORDER ACT GIVES TRIBES GREATER AUTHORITY TO PROSECUTE CRIMES Effective this date, the Act, signed into law by President Barack Obama, expanded the punitive abilities of tribal courts across the nation by allowing tribal courts operating in Indian country to increase jail sentences handed down in criminal cases over Indian offenders. The […]
07/30/2021 @ All Day – 1ST WILCOX REBELLION-TO REPLACE BAYONET CONSTITUTION-FAILS Born in 1855, Robert W. Wilcox, whose mother was Native Hawaiian, was a student in Italy when the Bayonet Revolution of 1887 forced him to return to Hawai’i. Wilcox led 250 armed Hawaiians against the now-powerless King Kalakaua intending to bringing Kalakaua’s sister, Lili’uokalani, to the throne. The King, […]