Alaska Digest Email News
September 6-12, 2004

National Native News...

Monday, August 30, 2004

...Understanding our Present by Honoring Our Past
During this week in 1974 members of the Navajo Nation testified before the U.S. Civil Rights Commission in New Mexico.


Tuesday, August 31, 2004

...Understanding our Present by Honoring Our Past
On this day 1905, Seneca Chief, engineer, attorney, and the first Native American to be commissioner for Indian Affairs Ely Parker died in New York City. He was also a brigadier general in the Civil War.


...Understanding our Present by Honoring Our Past
On this day in 1788, the United States Congress issued a proclamation prohibiting Whites from settling on Cherokee lands, along the Holston and French Broad Rivers.


Thursday, September 2, 2004

...Understanding our Present by Honoring Our Past
On this day in 1838, Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani was born. She was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian Islands. She tried to preserve the islands for the native residents but she was dethroned 1898 when the U.S. annexed the land.

 

MAIN PAGE & INDEX