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.
