Category: Indigenous Resistance
#MMIWG2S Awareness
Fall 2020 Raising awareness on the #MMIWG2S movement by highlighting critical changes in policy surrounding criminal jurisdiction by tribal nations, historical resilience by Native womxn, and resources where readers can learn more on the movement. Sarah Winnemucca: Public DomainDeborah Parker: Image courtesy the National Congress of American Indians
The Annexation of Hawaii
Fall 2020 The Kingdom of Hawaii’s government was overthrown by the Republic of Hawaii with the aid of American politicians and businessmen, resulting in the illegal annexation of Hawaii and its eventual statehood.
Resistance and Indian Boarding Schools
Fall 2020 “Chiricahua Apaches Four Months After Arriving at Carlisle,” Richard Henry Pratt Papers, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Public domain. The Indian boarding school system was a national system designed to erase Native culture and create a generational gap in Native communities. In 1879 Henry Richard Pratt, an …
