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Robert Hobart May (c.1801 – ? 23 March 1832) was an Aboriginal Tasmanian of the Mouheneener clan who, as a very young child, survived the 1804 Risdon Cove massacre to become the first Indigenous Tasmanian person to be baptised and live in colonial British society.
Prior to the British colonisation of Tasmania, the land had been occupied for possibly as long as 35,000 years [4] by the semi-nomadic Mouheneener people, a sub-group of the Nuennone, or "South-East tribe". [5] Mouheneener shell middens can be found scattered all along Taroona's foreshores. [2] [6]
The modern history of the Australian city of Hobart (formerly 'Hobart Town', or 'Hobarton') in Tasmania dates to its foundation as a British colony in 1804. Prior to British settlement, the area had been occupied definitively by the semi-nomadic Mouheneener tribe, a sub-group of the Nuenonne, or South-East tribe. [1]
A federal judge in Nevada has dealt another legal setback to Native American tribes trying to halt construction of one of the biggest lithium mines in the world. U.S. District Judge Miranda Du ...
Washoe Tribe: Washoe: 1,116 [2] 64,300 Douglas: Includes Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Stewart Community and Washoe Ranch. The tribe also maintains a colony in Alpine County, California. Winnemucca Indian Colony: Northern Paiute, Western Shoshone: 17 [2] 320 Humboldt: Yerington Reservation and Trust Lands: Northern Paiute: 659 [2] 1,653 Lyon
A picture of the last four Tasmanian Aboriginal people of solely Aboriginal descent c. 1860s. Truganini, the last to survive, is seated at far right.. The Aboriginal Tasmanians (palawa kani: Palawa or Pakana [4]) are [5] the Aboriginal people of the Australian island of Tasmania, located south of the mainland.
The room was packed with Native American leaders from across the United States, all invited to Washington to hear from federal officials about President Joe Biden's accomplishments and new policy ...
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, [5] dominates the surrounding hillside. Cornelian Bay Cemetery with Mt Wellington in the background. The cemetery contains 124 Commonwealth war graves of service personnel, 49 from World War I and 75 from World War II; 40 of the graves are in a plot known as the Hobart War Cemetery, the remainder scattered throughout the cemetery. [6]