11/11/2021 @ All Day – TREATY OF CANANDAIGUA [PICKERING TREATY] The Treaty, between the United States (U.S.) and the Six Nations (Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois) Confederacy, was signed in Canandaigua, New York, by sachems of the Grand Council of the Confederacy and by Colonel Timothy Pickering on behalf of the U.S. It is also called the “Pickering Treaty.” The Six Nations […]
11/12/2021 @ All Day – INUK ARTIST AGNES NANOGAK GOOSE BORN Born on the Baillie Islands in the Northwest Territories, in 1937, her family relocated to Holman, on Queen’s Bay. In the 1960’s, she joined the newly established printmaking program in Holman and began to create drawings many of which were later transferred into prints. Nanogak’s early works were thematically […]
11/13/2021 @ All Day – LAKOTA LAWYER/SCHOLAR/AUTHOR VINE DELORIA JR. DIED Born on March 26, 1933, near Pine Ridge Oglala Sioux Reservation, Deloria served in the U.S. Marine Corps and earned a Bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University before receiving a Master’s degree in theology from the Lutheran School of Theology in Illinois. He was Vice President of the National […]
11/14/2021 @ All Day – NATIVE HAWAIIAN OLYMPIC SWIMMER PUA KEALOHA BORN Born in Waialua, Hawaii, Pua was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium as a 17-year-old. He won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the men’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay. A teammate on […]
11/15/2021 @ All Day – AYMARA LEADER JULIÁN APASA NINA (TUPAC KATARI) EXECUTED Born circa 1750, Apasa took the name “Tupac Katari” to honor two earlier rebel leaders: Tomás Katari, and Túpac Amaru, executed by the Spanish in 1572. Katari’s uprising was simultaneous with that of Túpac Amaru II, who claimed to be a descendant of the earlier Túpac Amaru. […]
11/16/2021 @ All Day – NORTH TUTCHONE STORYTELLER TSE DUNA (LOUISE PROFEIT-LEBLANC) BORN Born in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Profeit-LeBlanc was raised in the traditional lifestyle of the Nacho Nyak Dun First Nation and spoke the Northern Tutchone language. She attended boarding and residential schools through her teen years. Louise learned the craft of storytelling from her aunt Angela Sidney who […]
11/17/2021 @ All Day – PENOBSCOT ACTRESS MOLLY SPOTTED ELK BORN Mary Alice Nelson, born on Indian Island in Old Town, Maine, attended Swarthmore Prep. School but, needing money, left to dance on vaudeville and in Wild West shows. She attended 2 years at the University of Pennsylvania before traveling west as part of a chorus line. Molly did cameo […]
11/18/2021 @ All Day – WAMPANOAG LINGUIST JESSE LITTLE DOE BAIRD BORN Born in Mashpee, Massachusetts, Baird, since 1993, has worked to resurrect spoken Wopânâak, the language that the Wampanoag spoke when greeting the Pilgrims. She’s written a dictionary, received a Master’s degree in linguistics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and received a MacArthur Fellowship. On July 4, 2004, Jessie […]
11/19/2021 @ All Day – JACINTO CANEK STARTS MAYAN REVOLT Born circa 1731 in Barrio de San Román, City of Campeche, New Spain, Jacinto Uc de los Santos studied Latin and history in the Franciscan monastery Convento Grande in Mérida, but was expelled for his rebellious spirit. For a number of years, he worked as a baker. Jacinto Uc arrived […]
11/20/2021 @ All Day – CHEROKEE BILLY WALKABOUT EARNS FOUR DECORATIONS IN ACTION IN VIETNAM Born in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, March 31, 1949, Walkabout was of the Blue Holley Clan. On November 20, 1968, Sergeant Walkabout and 12 other Army Rangers went on an assassination mission southwest of Hue. Brought under heavy fire, Walkabout’s actions earned him a Distinguished Service […]