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rabbitcruiser · 5 months

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Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seized control of Alcatraz Island on November 20, 1969, until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971.

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california-slow-take · 7 months

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Richard Oakes was the face of the burgeoning “Red Power” movement when he led the famous Native occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969.

But like other civil rights leaders at the time, he died too soon. In 1972, Oakes was gunned down in rural Sonoma County. His killer, Michael Oliver Morgan, stood trial for manslaughter and was found not guilty.

The official story of Richard Oakes’ death, and the circumstances surrounding Morgan’s trial, are part of the reason why Oakes’ legacy has been largely erased from mainstream history. Oakes’ family and friends, meanwhile, never got closure. All this time, they have believed that Oakes’ death, and Morgan’s acquittal, were racially motivated.

Now, thanks to new reporting from the San Francisco Chronicle, we know details about this story that have been kept secret for decades. In Part 1 of a two-part episode with reporters Julie Johnson and Jason Fagone, we discuss the events that led Oakes to rural Sonoma County, and the encounters that foreshadowed his killing.

#richard oakes #occupation of alcatraz #sonoma county #native american activists #kqed #1970s

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nyiiwest · 4 months

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Let me break it down for y’all;

Killing babies and children = No more future generations

Killing women and pregnant women = No more future generations

Killing men= No more future generations

Killing the elderly = Erasing history and culture for future generations

Killing journalists = No news coverage of what’s really happening so the opposing side can push propaganda.

Open your eyes the Palestinians that do survive this if a ceasefire doesn’t come will lose their culture and identity because Israel will force them to assimilate to whatever sick and twisted ideology they want. This is a genocide! The Palestinian genocide is directly mirroring the Native American genocide. Keep talking about Palestine, it’s a privilege you get to scroll away from dead children and adults.

#gaza genocide #free gaza #gaza strip #gaza #palestine #free palestine #genocide #native american genocide #american politics #political activist #politics #fuck israel #tags for attention #kpop #taylor swift #beyonce

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nando161mando · 6 months

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Students on the #UCDavis campus calling for protest against gender fascist speaker on campus on November 3rd.

@antifainternational @anarchistmemecollective @kropotkindersurprise @radicalgraff

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yourdailyqueer · 5 months

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Kent Monkman (Miss Chief Eagle Testickle)

Gender: Two spirit - genderfluid (he/him)

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: 13 November 1965

Ethnicity: First Nation (Cree)

Occupation: Artist, activist

#Kent Monkman #Miss Chief Eagle Testickle #qpoc #queerness #lgbtq #two spirit #genderfluid #non binary #queer #1965 #first nation #poc #native #native american #artist #activist

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spookysalem13 · 10 months

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🐝 I'm a queer, physically & mentally disabled mixed indigenous person living in the United States.

I truly couldn't have said this better myself. This is exactly why I don't celebrate the 4th of July or anything patriotic.

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ifelllikeastar · 2 years

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While people remember her for her acceptance speech on behalf of Marlon Brando, know that she also ended the media blackout of the Wounded Knee occupation, won an Emmy & co-founded the American Indian AIDS Institute of San Francisco.

Sacheen Cruz Littlefeather died October 2, 2022 at the age of 75.

#sacheen littlefeather #love #native american #activist #california #model #actress

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hauntedbystorytelling · 1 year

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Joseph T. Keiley :: Zit-Kala-Za, ca. 1898. Platinum print with glycerine development. | Philadelphia museum of Art

Joseph Turner Keiley :: Zitkála-Šá (1876-1938), 1898. Glycerine-developed platinum print. | src NPG ~ Smithsonian Institution

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#zitkala sa #zit-kala-sa #native american #sioux #portrait #american pictorialism #pictorialism #pictorialist portrait #1890s #platinum print #activist #red bird #gertrude simmons

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fayegonnaslay · 2 months

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Jane Fonda protesting on behalf of Native Americans in Denver, Colorado, 1970.

#jane fonda #political activist #activit #1970s #anti war movement #native american rights #activism #actress #denver #colorado #protest

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decolonize-the-left · 2 months

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The book was noteworthy for its relevance to the Alcatraz-Red Power Movement and other activist organizations, such as the American Indian Movement, which was beginning to expand. Deloria's book encouraged better use of federal funds aimed at helping Native Americans. Vine Deloria, Jr. presents Native Americans in a humorous light, devoting an entire chapter to Native American humor. Custer Died for Your Sins was significant in its presentation of Native Americans as a people who were able to retain their tribal society and morality, while existing in the modern world.

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The book description:

"In his new preface to this paperback edition, the author observes, "The Indian world has changed so substantially since the first publication of this book that some things contained in it seem new again." Indeed, it seems that each generation of whites and Indians will have to read and reread Vine Deloria’s Manifesto for some time to come, before we absorb his special, ironic Indian point of view and what he tells us, with a great deal of humor, about U.S. race relations, federal bureaucracies, Christian churches, and social scientists. This book continues to be required reading for all Americans, whatever their special interest."

#vine deloria jr #custer died for your sins #indigenous activists #us history #native history #american history #indigenous liberation #native liberation #native books #indigenous books #american indian movement #Alcatraz Red Power movement #decolonize #decolonization

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aiiaiiiyo · 1 year

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#Zitkala-Ša #Native American writer #activist #educator #and accomplished violinist (1898). Taken by white missionaries as a child #she went on to publish archives of Native American customs and legends #and later dedicated her life to uniting the tribes in their fight for gaining full citizenship #Le_Rat_Mort #oldschool

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rabbitcruiser · 11 months

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Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seized control of Alcatraz Island on November 20, 1969, until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971.

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pagansphinx · 5 months

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Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (American, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Nation, b. 1940) • Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People) • 1992 • Oil paint and mixed media, collage, objects, canvas • Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia • © Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

In her work, political activist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith addresses issues of racism, the environment, and Native identity. Here, she has inscribed the image of a canoe, an icon of Native American culture and a key mode of transportation in the history of trade and crosscultural interaction, amid layers of newspaper clippings, photographs of Native people, and washes of paint. Suspended above is a selection of sports memorabilia, calling attention to the much-contested use of Native American names for teams and mascots—hats with logos, rubber tomahawks, and faux headdresses.

~ Metropolitan Museum of Art

#art #multi media artwork #jaune quick-to-see smith #activist art #native american art #socially engaged art #woman artist #pagan sphinx art blog #native american heritage month #native american #artwork #art lover #art blog #contemporary art #20th century art

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nyiiwest · 3 months

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Every single white person that calls themselves an ally should watch this video. This is what us as POCs mean when we say “We have to be weary of white people”. If you want to give her the views directly her handle is @zehara_liberationforall on tiktok.

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nando161mando · 3 months

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On January 18th, people across the US are holding events to honor Tortuguita on "Day of the Forest Defender."

Check out our roundup of events here:

@antifainternational @anarchistmemecollective @kropotkindersurprise @radicalgraff @left-reminders

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yourdailyqueer · 1 month

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Delina White

Gender: Two spirit (unsure of pronouns)

Sexuality: N/A

DOB: Born 1964

Ethnicity: Native American (Ojibwe)

Occupation: Fashion designer, artist, activist

#Delina White #bipoc #lgbt #lgbtq #qpoc #two spirit #non binary #native #poc #native american #fashion designer #artist #activist

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