11/01/2021 @ All Day – CARLISLE INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL OPENS Founded by Richard Henry Pratt, Carlisle was the first federally-funded, off-reservation Indian boarding school. Believing that Native Americans were equal to European-Americans, Pratt wanted the school to immerse students into mainstream Euro-American culture. Pratt saw the success of the Indian students at Hampton Normal and Agricultural School and created Carlisle […]
11/02/2021 @ All Day – ROSALIE ENOS KELI’INOI DIED-1ST WOMAN ELECTED TO HAWAIIAN TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE Born September 18, 1875, in Wailuku, Maui, Rosalie was a student at St. Anthony’s School for Girls in Wailuku, but eloped at around the age of 18. She had seven children with her husband before they divorced in 1916. Rosalie remarried to Samuel Keli’inoi, a […]
11/03/2021 @ All Day – CHILEAN MAPUCHE UPRISING OF 1881 BEGINS The Mapuche uprising of 1881–the last major rebellion of the indigenous Mapuches–took place during the last phase of the Occupation of Araucanía (1861–1883) by the Chilean state. In response to Chilean government seizures of their land, a number of Mapuche chiefs organized the uprising in March 1881 to be […]
11/04/2021 @ All Day – NISGA’A FRANK ARTHUR CALDER DIED—CANADA’S FIRST ABORIGINAL CABINET MEMBER Born August 3, 1915, in Nass Harbour, British Columbia (B.C.), Frank attended Univ. of B.C.—its 1st Status Indian student–graduating in 1946. Elected to Parliament in 1949, he worked on a long-standing land claim the Nisga’a had against the province. He served from 1949-56 and 1960-79. In […]
11/05/2021 @ All Day – 303 SANTEE SIOUX SENTENCED TO HANG AFTER 5-MINUTE COURT-MARTIAL TRIALS Over 300 Santee Sioux found guilty of raping and murdering settlers as part of the “Minnesota Uprising,” were sentenced to hang after receiving 5-minute court-martial trials. As settlers invaded Santee territory, the government forced the Santee onto smaller reservations. There they were mistreated by corrupt […]
11/06/2021 @ All Day – KLAMATH DRUG/ALCOHOL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACTIVIST ALFRED LEO SMITH BORN Born in Modoc Point, Oregon, Smith was a counselor for Native people with drug and alcohol addictions. In Roseburg, Oregon, working in a program using his exposure to Native spiritual traditions to provide culturally relevant treatment to Native clients, he was fired for attending a Native […]
11/07/2021 @ All Day – YELLOWKNIVES (COPPER INDIANS) SAVE MEMBERS OF COPPERMINE (FRANKLIN) EXPEDITION The Coppermine expedition (1819-22) was a British overland undertaking to survey and chart the area from Hudson Bay to the north coast of Canada, eastwards from the mouth of the Coppermine River. Organized by the Royal Navy, this was the first of 3 Arctic expeditions to be led by John Franklin to discover and map […]
11/08/2021 @ All Day – PANAMA ESTABLISHES COMARCA EMBERÁ-WOUNAAN AUTONOMOUS REGION By Law No. 22, Panama created the Emberá-Wounaan Comarca—an indigenous territory set aside for the collective use of the Embera and Wounaan indigenous groups. The Emberá-Wounaan Comarca is in eastern Panama within the territories of Chepigana and Pinogana districts, Darién Province, with its capital Unión Chocó. The region is […]
11/09/2021 @ All Day – MÉTIS LEADER JIM SINCLAIR DIED Born on June 3, 1933, in Punnichy, Saskatchewan, Jim joined the Métis Society of Saskatchewan as a field worker in 1964. In 1967, he was elected to the board and, from 1971-89, he served as President focusing on housing, racism, land rights, hunting, fishing, trapping rights, and education. Jim helped […]
11/10/2021 @ All Day – OGALALA LAKOTA AIM LEADER/ACTOR WANBLI OHITIKA (RUSSELL MEANS) BORN Born on the Pine Ridge reservation, Means grew up in San Francisco. By the early 1970s, he became the Director of the American Indian Movement (AIM). During his tenure, he and Dennis Banks [see April 12], led AIM’s involvement in the occupation of Alcatraz (1969); Thanksgiving […]