Indianz.Com > News > Native America Calling: The death of Captain Cook
All Episodes on Spotify | More Options
Native America Calling: The death of Captain Cook
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
nativeamericacalling.com   180099native   nativeamericacalling

The death of Captain Cook
Eighteenth Century British explorer James Cook is revered for his drive and seamanship from Tonga and the South Pacific to the Bering Strait.

Cook put more than 120 English place names on the map from Mount Edgecombe in Alaska to the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand. That doesn’t count the many places named after him.

But Cook’s colonial exploits were often at odds with the Indigenous peoples of the places he visited, culminating in his death at the hands of Native Hawaiians on this date in 1779.

Today on Native America Calling, we examine his complicated legacy.

James Cook
A marker at the shoreline of Kealakekua Bay in Hawaii reads: “Near This Spot, Capt. James Cook Met His Death. February 14, 1779.” Photo: gillfoto

Guests on Native America Calling
Dr. Keanu Sai (Hawaiian subject), political scientist

Benjamin Jacuk (Dena’ina, Athabaskan, and Sugpiaq), researcher at the Alaska Native Heritage Center

Melissa Shaginoff, artist and curator

native america calling
Native America Calling
Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.
Alternate Links: Native Voice One | NAC
Search
Filed Under
Tags
More Headlines
Native America Calling: The scope of the massive Arizona Medicaid scam expands
Criminal charges announced in Indigenous identity fraud case
Moment of silence for Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola
Native America Calling: Growing recognition to change offensive place names
Native America Calling: Maui fire response turns to healing, rebuilding
H.R.663, Native American Child Protection Act
H.R.3371, Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act
Native America Calling: Finding suicide intervention that works
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation holds United States to its promises
Native America Calling: Is the end of federal support for Native businesses in sight?
Native America Calling: Imagining Indigenous futures in art
Self-proclaimed Native Republican sentenced to prison for U.S. Capitol attack
Diabetes program for Indian Country set to lose funds again
Montana Free Press: Blackfeet Nation protects sacred area from drilling
More Headlines