01/11/2021 @ All Day – CHEROKEE JUDGE/STATESMAN CLEMENT V. “UNCLE CLEM” ROGERS BORN Born in Westville, Goingsnake District, Cherokee Territory, Rogers’ parents, both of mixed blood, moved there from Georgia in 1832, before the Trail of Tears. Leaving schooling, Clem became a ranch hand and, in 1856, set up a ranch and trading post near Oologah. During the Civil War, […]
01/12/2021 @ All Day – GITXSAN TOTEM CARVER SIMOGYET GEEL (WALTER HARRIS) DIED Born June 10, 1931, in Kispiox, British Columbia (B.C.), Harris was a hereditary chief of the Gitxsan nation whose art included work in silver, gold, silk screen, and wood. However, he is best known for carving totem poles for Kispiox, Ottawa, Paris, Japan, and Vancouver. Before becoming […]
01/13/2021 @ All Day – NATIVE HAWAIIAN NATIONALIST LEADER JOSEPH NĀWAHĪ BORN A writer, teacher, lawyer, politician, newspaper editor, and artist, Nāwahī was a Hawaiian patriot and Renaissance man. Born in Puna, Hawai‘i, in 1842, he was an outstanding pupil at both the Hilo Boarding School, Lahainaluna, Maui, and the Royal School in Honolulu. Elected to the legislature in 1872, […]
01/14/2021 @ All Day – HIN-MAH-TOO-YAH-LAT-KEKHT (CHIEF JOSEPH) GIVES LINCOLN HALL SPEECH IN WASHINGTON To obtain relief from Congress and the Department of Indian Affairs, Nez Perce Chief Joseph travelled to Washington, DC, in 1879. The great chief had, in 1877, heroically led his band across Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana, and won several battles with the army before surrendering 40 […]
01/15/2021 @ All Day – ZAPOTEC BENITO JUÁREZ BECOMES FIRST INDIGENOUS MEXICAN PRESIDENT The first indigenous Mexican president (1861-72), Juárez was born on March 21, 1806 in Oaxaca. In 1831, he received his law degree and won a municipal council seat. By 1841, he was a judge and governor of his state. Opposed to the power of the Church and […]
01/16/2021 @ All Day – IDLE NO MORE DAY OF ACTION PROTESTS BRING CANADA TO STANDSTILL Idle No More, an ongoing protest movement founded by four women in December 2012, is a grassroots effort among the Aboriginal peoples in Canada–First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples. As part of the movement’s national day of action, First Nations demonstrators halted passenger rail […]
01/17/2021 @ All Day – HAWAIIAN QUEEN LILI’UOKALANI OVERTHROWN—FORCED TO ABDICATE In 1887, a group of white sugar planters and businessmen known as the Hawaiian League became angered by King David Kalākaua’s attempts to dilute their power. Backed by militia, the League forced him to sign what is known as the “Bayonet Constitution” reducing his power, giving voting rights to […]
01/18/2021 @ All Day – TLINGIT TRANSLATOR EDUCATOR TILLIE PAUL BORN Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Tillie had a Tlingit mother and Scottish father. After her mother died, she was raised by an aunt and uncle in Wrangall, Alaska. Within the Presbyterian Church, Tillie worked as translator and educator. She and her husband, Louis, were the first Native couple commissioned […]
01/19/2021 @ All Day – CHEROKEE JENNIE ROSS COBB DIED—FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHER Born December 26, 1881, in Tahlequah, Indian Territory, a great-granddaughter of Cherokee Chief John Ross, Jennie took up amateur photography around 1896 and continued through 1903. Living in the Murrell Home, one of the oldest homes in Tahlequah (now a National Historic Landmark), her subjects were […]
01/20/2021 @ All Day – RADIO TUKOYAKTUK SIGNS ON THE AIR–FIRST ABORIGINAL RADIO STATION At 6:45 p.m., CFCT Tuktoyaktuk signed on for the first time, broadcasting in English and Inuktutuk to about 650 residents of the Mackenzie River Delta, Northwest Territories–Canada’s first aboriginal broadcaster. CHUM Toronto got the station on the air, assisting with the purchase and installation of the […]