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Cartoon, Supporting the exclusion of Chinese Immigrants

This Editorial Cartoon by N.H.Hawkins appeared in the Saturday Sunset Newspaper on the 24th August 1907, it is a black and white cartoon depicting White Immigrants being welcomed into Canada comparatively Chinese Immigrants, are being kept out by a…

Brick thrown from the SS Komagata Maru (1914)

Physical artifact symbolising the Komagata Maru incident in 1914, this brick was thrown by passengers onboard at Policemen boarding the ship out of desperation and as a sign of resistance and frustration of being denied entrance into Canada. The…

Tags: 20th century, Anti-Immigration, Archivist, British Columbia, Discrimination, exclusionary policy, Immigrants, Immigration, Komagata Maru, Major J.J. Mathew, Material Culture, Material Object, Police, Protest, Resistance, ship, Sikh Immigration, Transportation, Vancouver

Hawaii's ex-queen files a protest. Ex-queen Liliuokalani

The article reports Ex- Queen Liliuokalani’s protest against the annexation of Hawaii with her stating that this is an invasion and violation. The article also states that whilst the state accepted Ex- Queen Liliuokalani’s protest, ‘they give no…

Tags: 19th century, Annexation, Drawing, Hawai'i, Hawaii, Illustration, Indigenous Peoples, Land, Monarchy, Newspaper, Protest, Queen Liliuokalani

The Men’s 1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii

This source focuses on the Hawaiian Natives and the struggles they faced during the plan to annex Hawaii. The source clearly shows, being a petition against annexation, that the Hawaiian natives wanted to keep their state under their nations rule.…

Tags: 19th century, Annexation, Handwritten, Hawaii, Hawaiian Independence, Men, Monarchy, Petition, Protest, USA

War is on! Native Desperadoes Leading a Big Revolt

A three day war erupted in 1895 between Hawaiian royalists and the state, as the indigenous peoples fought against Hawaii’s royal line being overturned. The article is from the Hawaiian star and describes the perspective of events from the American,…

Tags: 19th century, Americanisation, Annexation, Assimilation, Hawaii, Immigration, Protest, Race, Revolt, Royalists, Statehood

‘The Longest Walk’ 1978 Poster

This poster displays a lady alone on a desert landscape and promotes ‘The Longest Walk’ protest which occurred during the 20th century. The picture used on the poster acts as a symbol for the forced removal of Native American Indians from their home…

Tags: 20th century, California, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, poster, Protest, Red Power Movement, San Francisco, Washington

Native American interviewed about occupation of Alcatraz and abandoned missile base

This video was originally shot on 16mm reversal film stock with magnetic soundtrack and is in colour. It presents an interview which discusses the Occupation of Alcatraz of 1969. The video displays reporter Cecilia Pedroza interviewing a Native…

Tags: 20th century, Alcatraz, California, Civil Rights, Film, oral history, Protest, Red Power Movement, San Francisco, Self-determination, Tribes

Indian occupation of Alcatraz, San Francisco

This photograph captures the Native Indian Occupation of Alcatraz in November 1969, whereby Native Indian activists occupied the island of Alcatraz. The photo depicts a group of 9 Native Americans, dressed in tribal clothing standing under a sign…

Tags: 20th century, Alcatraz, California, Civil Rights, Indigenous Peoples, Photograph, Protest, Red Power Movement, San Francisco, Self-determination, Tribes

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