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Richard Oakes (May 22, 1942 – September 20, 1972) was a Mohawk Native American activist. He spurred Native American studies in university curricula and is credited for helping to change US federal government termination policies of Native American peoples and culture.
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Sep 11, 2019 · On November 9, 1969, Richard Oakes (Mohawk), Jim Vaughn (Cherokee), Joe Bill (Eskimo), and Ross Harden (Ho-Chunk) made their way as close to the island as possible. Richard led this group of fellow Native Americans along with other activists to the infamous Alcatraz Prison, located on an island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay.
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The protest was the brainchild of Adam Nordwall, a middle-aged Ojibwe businessman from the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota, who owned a pest control company, and Richard Oakes, a charismatic...
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- HE WAS A KEY FIGURE IN CREATING NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES IN COLLEGES. Born in 1942, Oakes moved to San Francisco in his late 20s to attend San Francisco State University.
- HE HELPED LEAD AN OCCUPATION OF ALCATRAZ ISLAND. At SFSU, Oakes seemed to have found his calling in rallying both students and members of the Native American community.
- HE BECAME “MAYOR OF ALCATRAZ.” While it was initially intended to be a brief pronouncement, Oakes realized that the site of the dormant federal prison could actually support a long-term occupation.
- HE SUFFERED VIOLENCE AS A RESULT OF HIS BELIEFS. After leaving Alcatraz, Oakes joined other American Indians in their struggle for equality. Aligning himself with the Pit River Tribe in California, he opposed utility companies that had been claiming their land for their own purposes.
May 22, 2017 · May 22, 20173:41 PM ET. Colin Dwyer. Enlarge this image. Richard Oakes, seen in November 1970, led a group that occupied Alcatraz from November 1969 to June 1971. Sal Veder/AP. In November...
Sep 19, 2023 · On Sept. 20, 1972, a white man pulled out a pistol, pointed it at an unarmed Indigenous father and fired a single bullet. It struck Richard Oakes in the heart, killing him almost instantly....
Nov 27, 2019 · Richard Oakes, a young Mohawk from New York, was one of the leaders in this movement dubbed the "Red Power Movement." Latino USA tells the story of Richard Oakes' life, from his first...
