"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 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 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 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."-- Provided by publisher.

Foreword /by Pamela Palmater -- Cultural regions of the indigenous Americas -- Indigenous America -- Invasion: Columbus in the Caribbean -- Taino resistance in Boriken (Puerto Rico) -- Enriquillo's rebellion, 1519-33 -- The Atlantic slave trade -- Maya resistance -- Maya warrior women -- The siege of Tenochtitlan: The Spanish invasion conquest of the Mexica empire -- Inca: The fall of the empire of the sun -- The unconquered Mapuche -- What is colonialism? -- Powhatan wars -- Metacom's war: Also known as "King Philip's War" -- Pueblo revolt of 1680 -- Braddock's defeat -- Pontiac's war -- Little Turtle's war -- Tecumseh -- Seminole wars -- War on the coast -- Apache raids, resistance, reservations -- War on the plains -- AIM Wounded Knee '73 -- Ganienkeh: Land of the Flint -- The 1990 Oka crisis -- Zapatista rebellion -- Ts'Peten standoff 1995 -- Ipperwash crisis 1995 -- The story of Sutikalh -- Six nations land reclamation -- Idle no more -- Elsipogtog: Fire over water -- #NODAPL: Resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline -- Unist'ot'en #SHUTDOWNCANADA.