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1974, Attack and removal of the bronze plaque forming the bas-relief of the Olry statue
Event
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- in September, Nidoïsh Naisseline, a member of the Foulards rouges Kanak movement, and Jean-Jacques Bourdinat, a member of the Union des Jeunesses Calédoniennes, cover the bronze plaque that forms the bas-relief of the Olry monument, representing the surrender of the Kanak people, with road and green paint. Groupe 1878 tags the monument, with inscriptions such as. "La terre aux Kanak" and "Liberté aux Kanak". Petitions launched by the Red Scarves and the UJC demanded the statue's removal. This was decided by the town council and implemented on September 25.
- has type | est de type
- contestation
- carried out by | réalisée par
- The attack was carried out by activists from Kanak and Caledonian youth movements, petitions circulated by these movements, and the removal of the plaque decided by the town council.
- took place on or within | a eu lieu le ou dans l'intervalle de temps
- September 1974
- is referred to by | est référencé par
- David Chappell, Le réveil kanak, La montée du nationalisme en Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, Presses universitaires de Nouvelle-Calédonie et Editions Madrépores, 2017.
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