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500 Years of Resistance Comic Book
500 Years of Resistance Comic Book | Gord Hill
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A powerful and historically accurate graphic portrayal of Indigenous peoples' resistance to the European colonization of the Americas, beginning with the Spanish invasion under Christopher Columbus and ending with the Six Nations land reclamation in Ontario in 2006. Gord Hill spent two years unearthing images and researching historical information to create "The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book," which presents the story of Aboriginal resistance in a far-reaching format. Other events depicted include the 1680 Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico; the Inca insurgency in Peru from the 1500s to the 1780s; Pontiac and the 1763 Rebellion and Royal Proclamation; Geronimo and the 1860s Seminole Wars; Crazy Horse and the 1877 War on the Plains; the rise of the American Indian Movement in the 1960s; 1973's Wounded Knee; the Mohawk Oka Crisis in Quebec in 1990; and the 1995 Aazhoodena/Stoney Point resistance. With strong, plain language and evocative illustrations, "The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book" documents the fighting spirit and ongoing resistance of Indigenous peoples through five hundred years of genocide, massacres, torture, rape, displacement, and assimilation: a necessary antidote to the conventional history of the Americas. Includes an introduction by activist Ward Churchill, leader of the American Indian Movement in Colorado and a prolific writer on Indigenous resistance issues. Gord Hill, a member of the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation in British Columbia, has been active in Indigenous resistance, anti-colonial, and anti-capitalist movements since 1990. He is also author of "The 500 Years of Resistance," a pamphlet published by PM Press.
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xicanti
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I finished this tonight while the first thunderstorm of the year raged. It offers an excellent overview that stretches right up to 2020.

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Lindy
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In under 90 pages, this history in comics format covers five centuries of resistance by the Indigenous peoples of North, Central & South America to colonization by Europeans. Key examples are dramatized, like the 1680 Pueblo revolt, the 1763 rebellion & Royal Proclamation, the formation of the American Indian Movement, & the Zapatistas. The strong blacks & intricate line textures of the art powerfully portray the ongoing struggle for justice.

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Above, an iconic image based on a photo taken during the Oka Crisis in 1990. The 77-day standoff began when the town of Oka planned to expand a golf course into an area containing a Mohawk graveyard.

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This #nonfiction #graphicnovel details the history of Native/Indigenous People's resistance against colonialism and genocide in the Americas. Countering the widely held ideas that colonialism was inevitable, shows readers that Native/Indigenous populations didn't go down without a fight and continue to fight for their rights. I hope Hill will create updated versions in the near future, as further resistance movements occur.

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