In Kent Blansett’s latest book, “A Journey to Freedom: Richard Oakes, Alcatraz, and the Red Power Movement,” he captures the action as it happened: “Dressed in blue jeans, a sweater ...

In November 1969, Richard Oakes and dozens of his fellow Native American activists came ashore at Alcatraz. The little island in San Francisco Bay had lain dormant since 1963, when its infamous ...

Richard Oakes was a Native American activist best known for leading the occupation of the disused Alcatraz prison, which was credited with changing the narrative around indigenous peoples' rights.

Growing up on the Mohawk reservation in Akwesasne on the New York and Canada border, Richard Oakes learned from a young age about the respect his Native American people were due. When he was old ...

Richard Oakes was a leading Native American activist, best known for leading the ‘Occupation of Alcatraz’. A Google Doodle has marked what would have been his 75th birthday. Oakes was born in ...

Oakes, born 75 years ago on May 22, was an instrumental figure in American civil rights history. "Throughout the 1960s and '70s, Richard Oakes made a stand for the rights of American Indians ...

Oakes was fatally shot in the chest in 1972. Mohawk activist Richard Oakes was unarmed when he was fatally shot through the chest at close range on Sept. 20, 1972, by Michael Morgan, the white ...

In November 1969, Richard Oakes and dozens of his fellow Native American activists came ashore at Alcatraz. The little island in San Francisco Bay had lain dormant since 1963, when its infamous ...