AANHPI History Calendar

· Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi

Mauna Kea Stand Against the Thirty Meter Telescope

resistance

Native Hawaiian kiaʻi (protectors) blockaded the access road to Mauna Kea to stop construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on sacred land; the stand held for months and drew global attention. (Shares Jul 15 with Tule Lake's 1943 designation.)

Communities
  • Native Hawaiian
Topics
  • sovereignty
  • land

Sources

Also on July 15

resistance

Ghadar Party Founded

Punjabi immigrants-Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims-founded the Ghadar Party on the US West Coast to organize the overthrow of British rule in India, publishing the militant Ghadar newspaper from San Francisco. (Shares Jul 15 with Tule Lake and the Mauna Kea stand.)

injustice

Tule Lake Becomes a Segregation Center

Tule Lake in California was designated the segregation center for those who answered 'no' on the loyalty questionnaire or refused to sign; it became the largest and most heavily militarized of the ten WRA camps.