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1969-1971 Occupation of Alcatraz: Richard Oakes Interview 1
1media/Screen Shot 2023-04-01 at 1.23.38 PM_thumb.png2023-04-01T20:24:49+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911Richard Oakes talking to the press during the occupation of Alcatraz, November 1969. “Mr. Harmon…hi I have a proclamation I'd like to read you; We the Native Americans reclaim this land known as Alcatraz Island in the name of all American Indians by right of discovery, we wish to be fair and honorable in our dealings with the Caucasian inhabitants of this land and hereby offer the following treaty; we will purchase said Alcatraz Island for twenty four dollars in glass beads and red cloth a precedent set by the white man's purchase of a similar island about 300 years ago, we know that twenty four dollars in trade goods for these 16 acres is more than was paid when Manhattan was sold, but we know that land values have risen over the years, our offer of a dollar and twenty four cents per acre is greater than this 47 cents per acre the white man is now paying the California Indians for their land”.-Richard Oakes Interview, November 1969.plain2023-04-01T20:24:49+00:00November 1969Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
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