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🧵On this day, 110 years ago, Sharif Hussein bin Ali of Mecca declared Arab independence from Ottoman rule and launched an Arab revolt: palquest.org/en/overallch...
#OtD 9 Jun 2021 the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Nebraska was scrapped after years of Indigenous-led resistance. Indigenous resistance in the two countries has helped prevent 12% of their CO2 equivalent pollution. More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e88-...
#OtD 9 Jun 2022 Indigenous Maasai people in Tanzania protested against land enclosures by the Tanzanian government to establish a hunting reserve for wealthy tourists. The next day police shot 32 people, and one was "disappeared". But protest continued stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1110...
"This gathering, and the IITC which resulted from it, was called for by the American Indian Movement, and was attended by delegates from 97 Indian tribes and Nations from across North and South America."
From Wikipedia: "The IITC was formed at a gathering on the land of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, in South Dakota, June 8–16, 1974. This gathering would later be known as the First International Indian Treaty Conference.
On this day in 1974, the first convention of the International Indian Treaty Council takes place at Standing Rock.
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