Anti-Colonial History

Taken completely by surprise, both men and horses panicked and were routed. Many of the Mexicans were killed, including their leader.

When the owl hoot signal was given, the Diné fighters poured arrows into the column, those who had guns fired, and some threw stones or rolled rocks into the gorge.

He told them that when the time was right, and not before, they would cut the long file of men into small pieces, like cutting a long tree trunk into firewood.

The Diné headman Narbona had heard of Hinojos's advance, knew he had to come through the pass to reach the Canyon de Chelly, and had carefully prepared an ambush by about 250 warriors. Narbona held back his forces, who were hidden on both sides of the defile.

In February 1835 the Mexican Captain Blas de Hinojos left Santa Fe and headed west into Diné country with a force of almost 1,000 Mexican troops on a slaving expedition.

Narbona sketch by Richard H. Kern. The Navajo leader sat for this portrait on August 31, 1849, the day he was killed by US soldiers.

On this day in 1835, the Battle of Washington Pass occurs, consisting of a successful attack on Mexican troops doing a slaving expedition in Diné (Navajo) territory.

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The court rules that Native people can only convey land to the Federal government, not to private parties, in one of the most influential and well known decisions of the Marshall court. The Tribe which had sold land to a private party was the Piankeshaw, but they were not party to this lawsuit.

Ni-a-có-mo, a Piankeshaw person painted in 1830 by George Catlin, Smithsonian American Art Museum

On this day in 1823, the US Supreme Court introduces the Doctrine of Discovery into US law in their Johnson v McIntosh Decision.

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Wounded Knee, South Dakota, 1973. (AP)

On this day in 1973, the armed re-occupation of Wounded Knee begins on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Led by Oglala Lakota community members and their American Indian Movement supporters, the action would result in a 71 day standoff.

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...and the new generation of learnings coming of age in the 1970's and ever since. Ka Leo Hawai'i means the Hawaiian Voice.

Over 16 years of the program, he would record more than 550 hours of Hawaiian language interviews, serving as a crucial bridge between the older generation of speakers who learned from parents educated before the 1896 language ban...

His first guest was John Kameaaloha Almeida, an old-time and well-known Hawaiian musician.

Mea hoʻokipa o Ka Leo Hawaiʻi, ʻo Larry Lindsey Kauanoe Kimura me kona mau hoa kamaʻilio ʻo Lahela Ridenour lāua ʻo Joseph Wenuke Makaʻai, March 29, 1987.

On this day in 1972, the first episode of Ka Leo Hawai'i airs. Recognizing the need to preserve ʻōlelo Hawai'i, Larry "Kauanoe" Lindsey Kimura started an all Hawaiian language radio program on KCCN.

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YouTube video by Visual Art and Production 1970 Remembering a Revolution - Part 1 - Pearl & Dean

Outside of this rough outline of the events of early 1970, we encourage you to read further at the Trinidad and Tobago National Archives, or to watch the film 1970: Remembering a Revolution.

Responding in turn, a portion of the Trinidad Defense Force, led by Raffique Shah and Rex Lassalle, mutinied and took hostages at the army barracks at Teteron.

On April 6, police forces kill a protestor and member of National Joint Action Committee, Basil Davis. On April 18 sugar workers went on strike. The Prime Minister declares a state of emergency April 21 and arrests 15 Black Power leaders.

The following day state forces arrest 9 leaders of the movement, which increased tensions, and caused more demonstrations demanding their release. Protests against racism in the country continued after their release was secured March 4.

Black students in Montreal were facing trial for the occupation of Sir George Williams University over racism they faced there. The students in Trinidad picketed the Canadian High Commission and the Royal Bank of Canada’s local office before occupying a cathedral.

This Trinidad Express front page shows a photo of protestors gathering for a Black solidarity march outside the Chamber of Commerce in South Quay on March 4th 1970. It is courtesy of the Trinidad Express, published on Thursday 5th March, 1990.

On this day in 1970, protests in Trinidad and Tobago lead to the Black Power Revolution. Students in Port-of-Spain took to the streets in support of Black students (including Trinidadians) in Montreal, Canada.

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On this day in 2024, US airforce member Aaron Bushnell "self-immolated in response to American complicity in Israeli colonialism."
"This article serves both as an overview of some particular responses to that action at the time and as a critique of one response specifically."

Feb. 23, 1868: W. E. B. Du Bois Born W. E. B. Du Bois, sociologist, historian, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor, was one of the most important scholars of the 20th century.

Born #tdih 1868: William Edward Burghardt (W. E. B.) Du Bois, one of most important scholars of 20th century.

Sociologist, historian, Pan-Africanist, author, editor; co-founder of NAACP, leader of Niagara Movement, & editor of NAACP’s The Crisis Magazine. 🧵
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"...when Guyana became a republic in 1970 the state declared 23 February as a day to commemorate the start of the Berbice slave revolt."

1763 Monument on Square of the Revolution in Georgetown, Guyana, designed by Guyanese artist Philip Moore

On this day in 1763, the Berbice Rebellion takes place in what was then known as Dutch Guyana. The rebellion would last until December and is considered the first major slave revolt in South America.

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W.E.B. Du Bois by James E. Purdy, 1907, gelatin silver print, from the National Portrait Gallery

On this day in 1868, W. E. B. Du Bois is born. He'd go on to be an "American sociologist, writer, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist."

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Remembering William Edward Burghardt Du Bois born #onthisday 2/23/1868. An American sociologist, writer, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist, and graduate of Fisk University, Du Bois was the 1st African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University.

A lesser known, unsung female community leader who worked to ensure the continuity of Inuit culture and Inuktitut language and advocate for Inuit rights. Please take the time to learn about Mary Cousins today. The struggle for Inuit sovereignty is as important today as ever, in Greenland and beyond

After returning to Iqaluit, Mary taught Inuktitut language for 30 years before retiring.

"...It is all very well that the government sponsor meetings of Inuit on what the government likes, but we Inuit have to meet with our fellow Inuit and make our own plans also,” she said at the first meeting of the ITK, then called the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, held in Toronto in February 1971.

“The government will only sponsor Inuit meetings if it is acceptable to the government; in other words, which the government is in favour of..."