01/21/2021 @ All Day – LAKOTA-CHIPPEWA EDUCATOR TAWACIN WASTEWIN (PATRICIA LOCKE) BORN Locke, whose Lakota name meant “She of good consciousness‚ a compassionate woman,” was born on the Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho, of Hunkpapa Lakota & White Earth Chippewa heritage. Graduating from UCLA (1951), she helped preserve indigenous languages, cultures, and spiritual traditions, and organized 17 tribally-run colleges. A writer […]
01/22/2021 @ All Day – ACOMA PUEBLO REVOLT/MASSACRE BEGINS Acoma leader Zutacapan learned that the Spanish intended to conquer Acoma Pueblo. Knowing of their atrocities, he sought to negotiate. The Spanish Governor Juan de Oñate sent Juan de Zaldivar, to consult with Zutacapan. Zaldivar arrived in December 1598. When Zaldiver demanded food for his soldiers, food the Acoma could not […]
01/23/2021 @ 12:00 am – WILLIAM R. POGUE BORN–ASTRONAUT/FIGHTER PILOT OF CHOCTAW HERITAGE Born in Okemah, Oklahoma, Pogue was of Choctaw heritage. Joining the Air Force in 1951, he logged 43 combat missions in Korea and later flew with the Thunderbirds. In 1966, he joined NASA where he supported the Apollo 7, 11 and 14 missions before piloting his last […]
01/24/2021 @ All Day – MOHAWK BASKET WEAVER KAWENNATAKIE (MARY ADAMS) BORN Adams, whose Mohawk name meant “Approaching Voice,” was born at the Akwesasne Reserve on Cornwall Island, Ontario. Her mother died when Mary was 10 and her father left to do ironwork. Having learned from her mother how to weave baskets, she wove to support herself and her brother. […]
01/25/2021 @ All Day – ONEIDA ONAN-GWAT-GO (REV. CORNELIUS HILL) LAST HEREDITARY CHIEF DIED Born November 13, 1834, Hill, whose Oneida name meant “Big Medicine,” was the first great Oneida chief to be born in Wisconsin after the U.S. government forced the Oneida from New York State and was its last hereditary chief. Educated by Episcopal priests at Nashotah House, respected for his […]
01/26/2021 @ All Day – HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL RULES CANADA UNDERFUNDS FIRST NATIONS WELFARE SERVICES The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that the federal government of Canada discriminated against aboriginal children by underfunding welfare services on reserves compared to what is spent on non-native children or on aboriginals living off the reserve. Canada’s 1.4 million indigenous people make up 5 […]
01/27/2021 @ All Day – MEXICAN CAXCAN FEMINIST JOURNALIST JUANA BELÉN GUTIÉRREZ de MEDOZA BORN A Caxcan Indian from the state of Durango, she was an anarchist, feminist activist, typographer, and journalist. In May 1901, she co-found a newspaper called Vésper in which she attacked the Catholic Church and President Porfiro Díaz for not caring for the needs of the […]
01/28/2021 @ All Day – POTAWATOMI AUTHOR SIMON POKAGON, “RED MAN’S LONGFELLOW,” DIED Potawatomi Chief Simon Pokagon was born in 1830 in Berrien County, Michigan. His mother realized the importance of education and sent him to Notre Dame University. Later, he attended Oberlin College and learned to speak five languages. Twice, Simon met with President Lincoln over late payments for […]
01/29/2021 @ All Day – NATIVE HAWAIIAN EDUCATOR/LEGISLATOR/ COMPOSER CHARLES EDWARD KING BORN Considered the “Dean of Hawaiian Music”, King was one of Hawai’i’s foremost composers, publishers, and band leaders. He published three song books that are treasured sources by musicians and fans of Hawaiian music. Queen Emma was his godmother and Queen Lili`iuokalani was his music teacher. Fluent in […]
01/30/2021 @ All Day – SEMINOLE CHIEF OSCEOLA DIED Born Billy Powell in Alabama in 1804 to a Creek mother and Scottish father, he and his mother moved to Spanish Florida after the Creek War. There, they joined the Seminoles, a mixed people of several tribes and runaway slaves and Billy took the name “Osceola,” or “Black Drink Singer.” His […]