A timeline of indigenist actions.
1900s
1990s
- 1990: The Oka Uprising begins in Canada, as indigenous Mohawk organise an armed standoff with police and later the military to prevent the illegal demolition of indigenous land for the expansion of a golf course.
- 1994: The Zapatista Revolution begins in Mexico, as indigenous people in the south organise resistance to the state, leading to the formation of an autonomous network of communities governed on indigenous principles. This leads to the beginning of the colonial war of the Chiapas Conflict.
- 1997: The Mapuche Uprising begins in Chile, as indigenous Mapuche people begin to resist the destruction of their lands by mining, farming and logging corporations.