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Seneca Chiefs Address George Washington (1790)
In 1790, Cornplanter, the chief of the Seneca nation, and two other chiefs sought redress from the supreme executive council of Pennsylvania for wrongs committed against the Seneca people by British colonists. The cheifs directly addressed [...]
Mass Extermination of Buffalo (1892)
This image, taken in Rougeville, Michigan, depicts one man standing on top of thousands of buffalo skills, with another standing in front of the pile with his foot on one skull. White settlers exterminated buffalo near the end of the 19th century [...]
Devastation After the Church Rock Uranium Mill Spill (1983)
After World War II, uranium mined in New Mexico was used to fuel nuclear weapons and power plants. The process was toxic for employees who worked with the radioactive materials and the mines also posed risks for nearby communities. In 1979, the dam [...]
Congressional Hearing on Church Rock Dam Break (1979)
On October 22, 1979, Congress members listened to testimony about the difficulties faced by Navajos living on the land that was contaminated by the Church Rock Uranium mine spill. The Church Rock mine was the country's largest underground uranium [...]
Critical Discussion of Thanksgiving
This activity is designed to help students to reflect on their own perceptions of Thanksgiving, learn how the holiday originated, and how it has changed overtime. They will also engage with what the holiday means from Indigenous perspectives. [...]
Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Resistance Bibliography
Please use the following bibliography for additional information on these topics.
Indigenous Activists During the Occupation of Alcatraz (1969)
On November 20, 1969, eighty-nine Native Americans, led by activist Richard Oakes, seized control of Alcatraz. Originally occupied by Native Americans, from 1934 until 1963 this small island in San Francisco Bay had been home to the federal prison [...]
An Alaskan Community Opposes Expanded Oil Drilling (2023)
ConocoPhillips is the largest producer of oil in Alaska. In 2020, the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved the company’s Willow project, allowing ConocoPhillips to drill on public land on the North Slope for three decades and to [...]
A Tribal Chief Testifies in Favor of the Indian Child Welfare Act (1977)
Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, numerous Indigenous children were taken from their tribes and adopted by settler families. In the 1960s, more than twenty-five percent of Indigenous children lived in non-Native institutions and homes. Many of [...]
A Native Hawaiian Expresses Love for Her Island Home (2020)
On July 7, 1898, the Hawaiian Islands were annexed by the United States after a long struggle between native Hawaiians and non-native American businessmen. Because of their location in the Pacific, the Hawaiian islands have provided a strategic [...]