Gord Hill

Avec un langage fort et des illustrations évocatrices, cette bande dessinée – fruit des nombreuses années de recherche, de création et de militantisme de son auteur – révèle la ténacité et la persévérance des Premiers Peuples qui luttent depuis 500 ans contre les massacres, les déplacements et l’assimilation. Antidote nécessaire à l’histoire officielle des Amériques, elle présente sous un nouveau jour des événements marquants comme la conquête espagnole des empires aztèque, maya et inca, la révolte des Pueblos de 1680 au Nouveau-Mexique, la bataille de Wounded Knee en 1890, la résistance des peuples des grandes Plaines au 19e siècle, et plus récemment, les manifestations Idle No More de 2012-2013 en défense de la souveraineté et des droits autochtones, et la résistance au Dakota Access Pipeline de 2016. Au Canada, elle aborde la crise d’Oka de 1990, le conflit foncier de Grand River entre les Six Nations et le gouvernement fédéral de 2006 et les manifestations anti-pipeline des Wet’suwet’en de 2020. Parue en langue originale anglaise chez Arsenal Pulp Press en 2010, cette œuvre unique en son genre a connu un énorme succès populaire (10?000 exemplaires vendus) et critique. Colorisée, revue et augmentée en 2021, la nouvelle édition – présentée ici en traduction – inclut les résistances autochtones les plus récentes. Elle comprend une préface de Pamela Palmater, avocate, professeure et commentatrice politique mi’kmaw.

Educator Information
This book is available in English: The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book: Revised and Expanded

A new and expanded version of Gord Hill's seminal illustrated history of Indigenous struggles in the Americas. When it was first published in 2010, The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book was heralded as a groundbreaking illustrated history of Indigenous activism and resistance in the Americas over the previous 500 years, from contact to present day. Eleven years later, author and artist Gord Hill has revised and expanded the book, which is now available in colour for the first time.

The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book powerfully portrays flashpoints in history when Indigenous peoples have risen up and fought back against colonizers and other oppressors. Events depicted include the the Spanish conquest of the Aztec, Mayan and Inca empires; the 1680 Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico; the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890; the resistance of the Great Plains peoples in the 19th century; and more recently, the Idle No More protests supporting Indigenous sovereignty and rights in 2012 and 2013, and the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016. Canadian events depicted include the Oka crisis in 1990, the Grand River land dispute between Six Nations and the Government of Canada in 2006, and the Wet'suwet'en anti-pipeline protests in 2020.

With strong, plain language and evocative illustrations, this revised and expanded edition of The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book reveals the tenacity and perseverance of Indigenous peoples as they endured 500-plus years of genocide, massacre, torture, rape, displacement, and assimilation: a necessary antidote to conventional histories of the Americas.

The book includes a foreword by Pamela Palmater, a Mi'kmaq lawyer, professor, and political commentator.

Reviews
"Gord Hill's goal of giving indigenous peoples a better understanding of their past so as to counter the benign version all too often taught in schools and presented in the media makes the format [of his work] the perfect vehicle for his hard-hitting message."-BC Studies

"Gord Hill has put colonial myth-makers on notice with a comic that educates and inspires." - The St'at'imc Runner

"Comics aren't always known for treating serious subjects, but Gord Hill's The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book adds a dose of reality to the genre. Hill, of the Kwakwaka'wakw nation, has taken the topics of dispossession, genocide, and the colonization of First Nations in the western hemisphere and, surprisingly, pulled off a rendering in comic book form." -Dissident Voice

"Never before have I come across a non-fiction graphic novel capable of evoking such a powerful emotional response. Dealing with such topics as genocide, oppression and assimilation the comic is sure to cause frustration and sadness in the reader. At the same time, 500 Years of Resistance is inspirational and empowering, accurately depicting the strength and nobility of Native warriors. Gord's straightforward approach to writing coupled with his iconic illustrations has created a truly groundbreaking comic book." -Redwire Media

"An excellent introduction to the tremendous historical and ongoing legacy of resistance on the part of Indigenous peoples in Canada and elsewhere in the continent against the settler colonial regimes that continue to oppress and exploit." -Popmatters. com

Educator Information
This book is available in French: 500 ans de résistance autochtone 

Additional Information
144 pages | 9.00" x 12.00" | Comic Book | Colour Illustrations Throughout