Download the Free PDF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAYDownload Buy the paperback on Amazon.com In 1992 Berkeley, California became the first city in the world to officially celebrate October 12 as Indigenous Peoples Day. This book is for people everywhere who want to know more...
Oral history of my trip to the Indigenous conference in Quito, Ecuador in 1990, which initiated the movement to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day in place of Columbus, the first European colonizer in the Americas. (1991) The Dance of the Condor and the EagleDownload
We all descend from Indigenous people. Our ancestors, if we go far enough back, were all indigenous to somewhere. But over the centuries there have been great population movements, resulting in large numbers of people residing in areas where their ethnic groups have...
Where the pow wow tradition intersects with the new holiday, continuing the struggle today in honor of all of our ancestors and future generations. By Millie Ketcheschawno and John Curl. Published in The Terrain. (1997) Pow Wow HighwayDownload
California Native people lived sustainably and peacefully as far back as history and traditions record, until the Spanish forced them into missions in the late 18th century. Cucunuchi, also known as Estanislao, led the most successful of all California Indian revolts....
Origins and history of pow wows, the meaning of the pow wow circle, the drums and dancers, the styles of dance and dance contests. This article appeared in the Berkeley Daily Planet in four parts. (2010) Pow Wow NowDownload
Reflections and remembrances by Dennis Jennings and John Curl about their participation in the movement to celebrate Indigenous resistance and revival. This article appeared in the Berkeley Daily Planet (2012) 20 Years of Indigenous Peoples DayDownload
Around 1980 I stumbled upon the truth about Columbus in an old National Geographic magazine: “His greed awakened, Columbus demanded of each adult an annual tribute: enough gold dust to fill four hawkbells. Pay or perish. Many Indians fled, but the Spaniards tracked...
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