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The 500 years of resistance comic book  Cover Image Book Book

The 500 years of resistance comic book / Gord Hill.

Hill, Gord (author.).

Summary:

"A powerful and historically accurate graphic portayal of Indigenous resistance to the European colonization of the Americas, beginning with the Spanish invasion under Christopher Columbus." "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 & 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." -- back cover

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781551523606 (paperback) :
  • ISBN: 1551523604
  • Physical Description: 87 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 25 cm.

Content descriptions

General Note:
CatMonthString:may.17
"The book includes an introduction by activist and writer Ward Churchill, co-director of the American Indian Movement of Colorado" -- back cover
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 21-25)
Formatted Contents Note:
1492 : invasion! -- Part 2 : resistance! -- Inca insurgency : from 1500s to Tupac Amaru, 1780s -- The unconquered Mapuche -- 1680 Pueblo revolt -- Pontiac : 1763 rebellion and the Royal Proclamation -- Seminole wars -- Apache : guerrillas of the Southwest -- War on the plains -- War on the coast -- No justice on stolen land -- Part 3 : assimilation -- Part 4 : renewed resistance : '68 rebellion -- The American Indian movement -- Wounded Knee '73 -- The Oka crisis -- Zapatistas -- 1995 standoff at Ts'peten -- Aazhoodena : Ipperwash/Stoney Point 1995.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
Donation (copy 2 only) ; Marni Stanley ; 2023/10.
Subject: Indigenous peoples > Government relations > History > Comic books, strips, etc.
Government, Resistance to > America > History > Comic books, strips, etc.
Indigenous peoples > Government relations > History > Comic books, strips, etc.
America > Colonization > Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre: Nonfiction comics.
Nonficiton graphic novels.
Graphic novels, adult

Available copies

  • 10 of 10 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Prince Rupert Library 970.004 Hill (Text) 33294002001949 Adult Graphic Novels Volume hold Available -


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