A journey to freedom : Richard Oakes, Alcatraz, and the Red Power movement
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018].
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xiii, 392 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History -- Indian occupation, 1969-1971.
American Indian Movement. -- History.
History.
Indian activists -- United States -- Biography.
Indian activists -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- History -- 20th century.
Indians of North America -- Politics and government -- History -- 20th century.
Mohawk Indians -- Biography.
Oakes, Richard, -- 1942-1972.
Red Power movement.
Self-determination, National -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
American Indian Movement. -- History.
History.
Indian activists -- United States -- Biography.
Indian activists -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- History -- 20th century.
Indians of North America -- Politics and government -- History -- 20th century.
Mohawk Indians -- Biography.
Oakes, Richard, -- 1942-1972.
Red Power movement.
Self-determination, National -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018].
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Book
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-369) and index.
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A revealing portrait of Richard Oakes, the brilliant, charismatic Native American leader who was instrumental in the takeovers of Alcatraz, Fort Lawton, and Pit River and whose assassination in 1972 galvanized the Trail of Broken Treaties march on Washington, DC. The life of this pivotal Akwesasne Mohawk activist is explored in an important new biography based on extensive archival research and key interviews with activists and family members. Historian Kent Blansett offers a transformative and new perspective on the Red Power movement of the turbulent 1960s and the dynamic figure who helped to organize and champion it, telling the full story of Oakes’s life, his fight for Native American self-determination, and his tragic, untimely death. This invaluable history chronicles the mid-twentieth century rise of Intertribalism, Indian Cities, and a national political awakening that continues to shape Indigenous politics and activism to this day.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Blansett, K. (2018). A journey to freedom: Richard Oakes, Alcatraz, and the Red Power movement . Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Blansett, Kent. 2018. A Journey to Freedom: Richard Oakes, Alcatraz, and the Red Power Movement. Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Blansett, Kent. A Journey to Freedom: Richard Oakes, Alcatraz, and the Red Power Movement Yale University Press, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Blansett, Kent. A Journey to Freedom: Richard Oakes, Alcatraz, and the Red Power Movement Yale University Press, 2018.
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