Indigenous resistance since 1992, Part 1 and 2, with Gord Hill, author of 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance

Working Class History
July 17th, 2024

Following on from his excellent book, 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance, Gord Hill of the Kwakwaka’wakw nation gives us an overview of over three decades of Indigenous resistance in the Americas since 1992.

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Episodes

• E88: Indigenous resistance since 1992, part 1 – Protests against the 500th anniversary of the European invasion of the Americas by Christopher Columbus, the Zapatista uprising, the Gustafsen Lake stand-off, the Ipperwash Park occupation, Enbridge and Keystone XL pipeline resistance, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and more.

E88: Indigenous resistance since 1992, part 1

• E89: Indigenous resistance since 1992, part 2 – Indigenous land defenders in Ecuador, Venezuela and elsewhere in Latin America, Mi’kmaq fishing rights, fossil fuel resistance, cultural resistance including language revitalisation, land acknowledgements and more.

E89: Indigenous resistance since 1992, part 2

More information

• Gord Hill, 500 Years Of Indigenous Resistance – get hold of Gord’s book here in our online store.
• WCH timeline of people’s history stories about Indigenous resistance

Sources

Part 1

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Part 2

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