Mexico Apologises to Indigenous Maya
‘Terrible abuse’: Mexico apologises to Indigenous Maya people
The apology marked the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest and 200 years of Mexican independence from Spain.
Cinco de Mayo playlist
Las Cafeteras have made a playlist to celebrate Cinco de Mayo (5th of May).
On May 5th, 1862, the Mexican forces (primarily Indigenous) defeated the French invaders. So boom, Natives sending colonizers back where they come from? We already love it. Now once news of the victory arrived in California, Californios celebrated the first documented Cinco de Mayo celebration. But why?
For California Latinos, the Battle of Puebla was a win for two wars. They knew both the Confederate South & the French invaders were allied to expand slavery throughout the continent. These Californios & Latinos from Chile to El Salvador who arrived during the gold rush; they knew if the South won the civil war, what little rights they did have in California would soon disappear. France was like the Confederate Army’s big older brother. So the French loss on May 5th was a sign for Latinos in the U.S. that the Confederates could be beaten.
Cinco de Mayo in Cali
Cinco de Mayo in Cali · Playlist · 12 songs · 171 likes
More on the history of this celebration here
Supaman – Decleration of Independence
A hard truth exposed by the 27th grievance—and its racist depiction of Native Americans as “merciless Indian savages” In this way, the 27th grievance helped lay the foundation for an American nationalism that would demonize the continent’s indigenous people, especially when they resisted American aggressions.
The Shameful Final Grievance of the Declaration of Independence
The revolution wasn’t only an effort to establish independence from the British-it was also a push to preserve slavery and suppress Native American resistance.
Indigenous Gardening
Because these wild-looking forest gardens don’t fit conventional Western notions of agriculture, it took a long time for researchers to recognize them as a human-created landscape at all.
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/04/pacific-northwest-s-forest-gardens-were-deliberately-planted-indigenous-people
How America Invented Race
Audio of indigenous languages saved by optical scanning
Optical scan technology is helping researchers at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, preserve audio of 78 indigenous California languages, most of which were recorded more than a century ago. The recordings are on approximately 2,700 wax cylinders that are now barely audible due to issues such as mold. These are the only known sound recordings for several of the languages, and in many other cases, the recordings include unique speech practices and otherwise unknown stories and songs.
Saving Rare Indigenous Language [Audio] | Science Nation
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Occupation of Alcatraz
The (November 20, 1969 – June 11, 1971) was a 19-month long protest when 89 American Indians and their supporters occupied Alcatraz Island. The protest was led by Richard Oakes, LaNada Means, and others; John Trudell was the spokesman. Te group lived on the island together until the protest was forcibly ended by the U.S. government. There are some amazing photos here of the occupation.
Irish honour their Famine debt to Choctaw tribe
Funds for native American tribes who have been badly hit by coronavirus are flooding in from Ireland as they repay a debt dating back to the 19th-century famine.
Grateful Irish honour their Famine debt to Choctaw tribe
Funds for native American tribes who have been badly hit by coronavirus are flooding in from Ireland as they repay a debt dating back to the 19th-century famine.
Alcatraz
Richard Oakes, a Mohawk student, ironworker and leader of the group, said of the movement: “Alcatraz is not an island. It’s an idea.”
Opinion | Why Alcatraz Matters to Native Americans (Published 2019)
Fifty years ago, the occupation of the island put Indians’ rights on the national agenda.
Wampanoag people’s story
The Mayflower was a seismic moment in the creation of what is now the west, but was cataclysmic for the Wampanoag people. “It’s important we include all the voices that are significant. We won’t get it entirely right. How can you? But we’re committed to doing it better than it was before.”
Mayflower 400 events could help recover lost Native American treasure
Members of Wampanoag nation central to year focused on anniversary of colonists’ journey from Plymouth in 1620