Timeline of Indigenism

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A timeline of indigenist actions and actions by mainly indigenous protesters and/or rebels.

1900s

1930s

  • 1936: Torre Straits Islander maritime strike.

1940s

  • 1943: The Maasina Ruru in the Solomon Islands begins as indigenous people fight for their rights, lower taxes and increased autonomy.
  • 1943: Aboriginal Australian soldiers
  • 1945: Indigenous African railworkers in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia) strike for better pay and working conditions.
  • 1946: Indigenous Australian farmworkers begin a strike at Pilbara that lasts three years for better conditions.

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

  • 2009: The Unist'ot'en camp is formed by indigenous Canadians in order to block the construction of an oil pipeline.

2010s

  • 2010: Rapa Nui occupy hotel to demand recognition of ancestral rights
  • 2010: Indigenous oil workers in Gabon strike for better working conditions
  • 2011: Cheran